Observation (disambiguation)

Observation is sensing and assimilating the knowledge of a phenomenon into a framework of previous knowledge and ideas.

Observation may also refer to:

• Observation in auditing, a procedure to obtain audit evidence.
• Observation tower
• Observation deck
• Observer (special relativity) a specialized meaning of the concept that physicists use
• Observation car (often abbreviated to observation), a type of railroad passenger car
• Watchful waiting (also referred to as observation), an approach to a medical problem in which time is allowed to pass before further testing or therapy is pursued
• Medical observation
• Observations and Measurements, an information model and data transfer standard
• An empirically obtained random variate in statistics
• A realization of a random variable (a unit of a sample), in statistics

As a proper name

• "The Observation", a song by Donovan from his 1967 album Mellow Yellow
• "Observations", a song by Avail from their 1992 album Satiate
• Observations (album), a 1996 album by Steve Swell and Chris Kelsey
• Observations (book), Richard Avedon's 1959 collaborative book with Truman Capote containing portraits of famous people
• Observation (video game), a 2019 video game developed by No Code and published by Devolver Digital
• Observation (steamboat), a vessel that exploded and sank in New York City in 1932
• Observations (Pierre Belon), a 16th-century ethnographical book

See also

• Observer (disambiguation)
• Observation balloon
• Observation post
• Surveillance