extrapolations

Predictions from data

Extrapolations are projections or estimates based on extending known data into unknown territory.

Scientists make extrapolations from current trends to predict future outcomes; economists extrapolate from past performance to forecast growth.

The word often carries a note of uncertainty—extrapolations assume patterns will continue, which they may not: His extrapolations about the housing market proved wildly optimistic.

inference

deduction

Conclusion from premises

conclusionEnd or deduction
reasoningDrawing logical conclusions
projectionSomething that extends outward

estimation · assumption · hypothesis · speculation · interpretation · prediction · forecast · conjecture · surmise · generalization

speculative

conjecture

Guess from limited facts

guessworkConclusions drawn without proof
leapSudden springing movement
stretchPull to extend

assumption · inference · hypothesis · supposition · projection · overreach · generalization · speculation · prediction · estimate

trend

projection

Something that extends outward

forecastPrediction of future conditions
trajectoryPath of moving object
directionWay something faces

pattern · tendency · growth · outlook · progression · development · momentum · surge · decline · uptick

mathematical

regression

Return to former state

curveSmooth, angleless line
functionPurpose or duty
graphVisual data display

modeling · linear · polynomial · data · trend · sequence · series · algorithm · projection · approximation

Opposites

direction of inference

extrapolationsinterpolations

Values derived between knowns

infilling

epistemic approach

extrapolationsobservations

Noted perceptions

empirical data · raw data · firsthand accounts · ground truth · confirmations

scope of claim

extrapolationsknown quantities

Established, measurable factors

proven results · hard evidence · certainties · understatements

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