1. Why Did Visitors at Magic Mountain Get Sick? Last week, 36 people at Magic Mountain were rushed to the hospital due to stomach cramps, fever, and uncontrollable vomiting. You are a forensic pathologist who must figure out what made them sick.

2. Observation Using the photo above, make some observations that could help us make an inference.

3. Observation Using the photos above, make some observations that could help us make an inference.

4. Observation Using the photos above, make some observations that could help us make an inference.

5. Observations Gathered from Interview 1. Did the sick people ride any roller coasters? 2. How many roller coasters did they ride? 3. Did the sick people drink alcohol that day? 4. How much alcohol did they drink? 5. Did they eat at the park, and if so, where? 6. What did they eat? 21 of the 36 sick people rode Full Throttle 4-6 roller coasters each 29 of them drank Coronas 1-3 beers each All 36 ate at the Yosemite Sam Grill They all ate 16-20 oz of BBQ pork ribs

6. Which observations are quantitative? 1. Did the sick people ride any roller coasters? 2. How many roller coasters did they ride? 3. Did the sick people drink alcohol that day? 4. How much alcohol did they drink? 5. Did they eat at the park, and if so, where? 6. What did they eat? 21 of the 36 sick people rode Full Throttle 4-6 roller coasters each 29 of them drank Coronas 1-3 beers each All 36 ate at the Yosemite Sam Grill They all ate 16-20 oz of BBQ pork ribs

7. Which observations are qualitative? 1. Did the sick people ride any roller coasters? 2. How many roller coasters did they ride? 3. Did the sick people drink alcohol that day? 4. How much alcohol did they drink? 5. Did they eat at the park, and if so, where? 6. What did they eat? 21 of the 36 sick people rode Full Throttle 4-6 roller coasters each 29 of them drank Coronas 1-3 beers each All 36 ate at the Yosemite Sam Grill They all ate 16-20 oz of BBQ pork ribs

8. Observation leads to Inference Since all 36 people ate the same food at the same location, we can infer that the cause of the sickness was probably food poisoning.