Inference

//ˈɪn.fɚ.əns// noun

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act or process of inferring by deduction or induction. uncountable
  2. 2
    the reasoning involved in drawing a conclusion or making a logical judgment on the basis of circumstantial evidence and prior conclusions rather than on the basis of direct observation wordnet
  3. 3
    That which is inferred; a truth or proposition drawn from another which is admitted or supposed to be true; a conclusion; a deduction. countable

    "A key part of McCarthy’s argument, as made in other settings, such as a Larry King evening news show and on a now-infamous Oprah episode, focuses on the fact that children receive more vaccines now than ever before, which she believes corresponds with a rise in autism rates. However, as scientists and others who reject fallacious inferences point out, correlation is not causation."

  4. 4
    Output generated by a trained machine learning model as it applies learned patterns to new data. uncountable
  5. 5
    An instance or example of this, such as a prediction, classification, decision, etc. countable

Etymology

From Latin inferentia. Morphologically infer + -ence.

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