macroinference
Noun
An inference that is based on multiple small bits of data, each of which contribute a supporting microinference.
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Thus the crucial criterion for selecting middle-level units for macroinferences is the scope of the consequences of behaviors in the microcontext.
Assessing the optimality of external borrowing is a difficult proposition indeed, but this need not keep us from reaching macroinferences.
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Macroinference is not a process of firing a symbolic production but rather of qualitative state change in a dynamical system, such as a phase transition.
The everyday settings alluded to above are of interest because they make it possible for organizations to achieve their own macro-inferences about their own day-to-day activities.
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