When making an inference, you infer that something has happened without
directly perceiving or seeing the event that really occurs. However, you infer
from what you know. In real life, you make inferences everyday; but you do
not realize it. For example, suppose you are driving in a very busy street.
Suddenly, you hear screeching tires, followed by a loud crash and breaking
glass. You do not see anything, but you can infer that a car accident occurs.
Most of us know that the sounds of screeching tires and a crash almost
always indicate a car accident. But there could be some other reasons, and
therefore another explanation, for the sounds. Perhaps it is not an accident
involving two moving cars. Maybe an angry driver rammed a parked car. Or