SAMPLE Nursing Entrance Exam Prep

‭1.1.2 Question-Answer Relationships‬ ‭The‬ ‭Question-Answer‬ ‭Relationship‬ ‭(QAR)‬ ‭strategy‬ ‭can‬ ‭be‬ ‭used‬ ‭after‬ ‭students‬ ‭have‬ ‭read‬ ‭a‬‭text.‬ ‭QAR‬ ‭teaches‬ ‭students‬ ‭how‬ ‭to‬‭identify‬‭the‬‭type‬‭of‬‭question‬‭and‬‭where‬‭to‬‭find‬‭the‬‭answer‬‭within‬ ‭the text.‬ ‭There are four main types of questions that are examined in the QAR strategy.‬

‭1.1.3 Inference‬ ‭What is an inference?‬

‭Inference‬‭is‬‭the‬‭process‬‭of‬‭deriving‬‭a‬‭conclusion‬‭based‬‭on‬‭evidence‬‭and‬‭reasoning.‬‭It‬‭allows‬‭us‬‭to‬ ‭go‬ ‭beyond‬ ‭the‬ ‭information‬ ‭that‬ ‭is‬ ‭explicitly‬ ‭stated‬ ‭in‬ ‭a‬ ‭passage‬ ‭or‬ ‭text‬ ‭and‬ ‭to‬ ‭make‬ ‭logical‬ ‭deductions based on what we know or assumes to be true.‬

‭In‬ ‭simple‬ ‭terms,‬ ‭to‬ ‭make‬ ‭an‬ ‭inference‬ ‭is‬ ‭to‬ ‭draw‬ ‭a‬ ‭logical‬ ‭conclusion‬ ‭from‬ ‭the‬ ‭information.‬ ‭Inferences‬ ‭are‬ ‭often‬ ‭made‬ ‭from‬ ‭literature‬ ‭and‬ ‭are‬ ‭sometimes‬ ‭called‬ ‭literary‬ ‭inferences.‬‭There‬ ‭are‬‭two‬‭types‬‭of‬‭inferences:‬‭literal‬‭and‬‭interpretive.‬‭Literal‬‭inferences‬‭are‬‭based‬‭on‬‭the‬‭literal,‬‭or‬ ‭actual,‬‭words‬‭in‬‭the‬‭text.‬‭An‬‭interpretive‬‭inference‬‭is‬‭based‬‭on‬‭the‬‭implied‬‭meaning‬‭of‬‭the‬‭words‬ ‭and text.‬

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