observations
Things you notice
Observations are things noticed or recorded through watching, measuring, or paying attention.
Scientists make observations in the field; doctors note observations about patients.
The word can mean either the act of observing or what results from it: Her observations about the neighborhood proved accurate.
An observation deck or car offers a vantage point for viewing.
Facts for analysis
- measurementsQuantified sizes or amounts
- resultsWhat follows from effort
- findingsConclusions from investigation
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
specimens · samples · phenomena · patterns · variables · experiments · recordings · documentation
Methodical assessment or review
- scrutinyClose, careful examination
- studyDeliberate learning effort
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
- investigationFormal examination of facts
assessment · evaluation · inspection · review · audit · inquiry · probe · interpretation
Brief written records
- entriesItems logged or submitted
- recordsStored data or albums
- annotationsExplanatory additions to documents
- jottingsHastily recorded notes
memoranda · logs · journal · diary · documentation · reports · notations · comments
Systematic observation of subjects
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
- vigilPurposeful nighttime wakefulness
- lookoutWatcher or vista point
- stakeoutProlonged covert observation
witnessing · birdwatching · stargazing · wildlife · spotting · sighting · tracking · patrol
Grasping what's true
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
- discernmentKeen perception and judgment
perspective · reflection · interpretation · commentary · remark · notation · astute · shrewd
data
Facts for analysis
- measurementsQuantified sizes or amounts
- resultsWhat follows from effort
- findingsConclusions from investigation
evidence · specimens · samples · phenomena · patterns · variables · experiments · recordings · documentation · fieldwork
examination
Methodical assessment or review
- scrutinyClose, careful examination
- studyDeliberate learning effort
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
investigation · assessment · evaluation · inspection · review · audit · inquiry · probe · interpretation · critique
notes
Brief written records
- entriesItems logged or submitted
- recordsStored data or albums
- annotationsExplanatory additions to documents
jottings · memoranda · logs · journal · diary · documentation · reports · notations · comments · remarks
surveillance
Systematic observation of subjects
- monitoringOngoing observation of something
- vigilPurposeful nighttime wakefulness
- lookoutWatcher or vista point
stakeout · witnessing · birdwatching · stargazing · wildlife · spotting · sighting · tracking · patrol · reconnaissance
realization
Grasping what's true
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- awarenessState of perceiving reality
discernment · perspective · reflection · interpretation · commentary · remark · notation · astute · shrewd · keen
- evidenceevidence, evidence bag, circumstantial evidence, proof, admissible
- Wisdom & Wordsfamous quotes, wise sayings, maxims, aphorisms, proverbs
- Education Researchlearning theory, assessment methods, teaching methods, pedagogy, control groups
- expedition recordsexpedition journals, field notes, travel diaries, travel accounts, exploration routes
- field researchquestionnaires, field survey, expeditions, field surveys, interviews
- lab notebooksentries, procedures, raw data, data tables, measurements
observationsassumptions
Unproven things taken as true
speculations · conjectures · guesses · presumptions · suppositions
observationsneglects
Fails to care for
oversights · inattention · obliviousness · ignorance · blindness
observationssilences
Stops from speaking
omissions · reticences · concealments · suppressions · withholdings
- under observationBeing carefully watched
- observation decksElevated platforms for panoramas
- observation towerElevated structure for viewing
- observation roomEnclosed space for watching
- casual observationUnstudied comment or notice
- observational comedyComedy mining daily existence