Generalization Recognition Generalization A broad statement about a

Generalization Recognition

Generalization A broad statement about a group of people or things. It states something they have in common.

Generalization VS. Conclusion Generalization Conclusion Based on both text evidences and prior knowledge Based only on evidences from text; Partly subjective Objective

Clues to recognize a generalization Generalizing verbs Some adverbs of degree or frequency

Clue 1: Generalizing verbs Generalize Derive Speculate Deduce Summarize Discover Recap Summarize Simplify deduct Gather Guess Hypothesis Interpolate Postulate

Examples you discover very quickly that the probability of this happening increases strongly with the energy of the neutrino to be presi-precise with the square of the neutrino energy, and in other words, as a neutrino is from higher and higher energy, the probability of this reaction happening, becomes arbitrarily big goes to infinity.

Clue 2: Adverbs Sometimes Always Never Most Many All Generally Seldom

Example Although status is a factor , it is not always the most important one.

Difference between generalization and Inference Generalization Inference Logical conclusion based on many observations and data. Logical conclusion based on observations. More general, apply more to the idea than to the specific experiment. Deal with specifics pertaining to the experiment being worked on

Drills we can infer that um change in our independent variable results in change in the dependent variable. when I use a Paste command , I might deduce that the application makes a function call to Windows and gets back an address for the pigeon-hole , after which it can proceed to copy data from the pigeonhole to its own work-space.

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