Informal Inference
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Particular cases or values, including sample statistics, guide inference without reference to the likely variability of these values.
Performances
3A Believe that subsequent observations will approximate aspects of the current observation; make predictions based on approximation of specific values (eg maximum, mean, cut-point, range) of the current observation.
3B Compare two distributions based on specific values (eg the maximum, mean, or the number of cases above a certain cut-point.)