An inference _______.

Ais a possible explanation for events using prior knowledge
Bexplains if a hypothesis is or is not valid
Cis made independent of observation or prior knowledge
Dcan be either qualitative or quantitative


A student conducts an experiment to determine how the amount of water given to a plant affects its growth.

Which of the following is not a control for this experiment?

Athe type of plant
Bthe amount of soil
Cthe amount of water
Dthe amount of time ...

Verified Answer :

Neuron

The answer to your first question is A - A possible explanation for events using prior knowledge.

Inferring something from data means that we're making a possible explanation for something with using our prior knowledge. 

To answer your second question - the question is stated in a weird way. It could either be B - the amount of soil od D - amount of time. For neither of those does it mention whether or how does the student take them into account. 

I would go with D in the second question however.