Inference

This link is the reasoning that turns recorded numbers into a conclusion: the comparison you picked, the baseline, the causal story, the statistical method. Ask what else the data would have to rule out for that conclusion to hold.

This link is the reasoning that turns recorded numbers into a conclusion: the comparison you picked, the baseline, the causal story, the statistical method. Ask what else the data would have to rule out for that conclusion to hold.

Example

In the satisfaction case, the inference is "customers got less happy," drawn from 84% versus 71% by assuming both groups of respondents are comparable. Rival readings nobody ruled out: a different mix of people answering, or a normal seasonal dip.