The phrase "an inference from" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing conclusions drawn from evidence or reasoning in various contexts, such as academic writing or analytical discussions.
Example: "The study presents an inference from the data that suggests a correlation between exercise and improved mental health."
Alternatives: "a conclusion based on" or "a deduction from".
The belief that a person's life in time on Earth is repetitive may have been an inference from the observed repetitiveness of phenomena in the environment.
I am just making an inference from what I am seeing and reading in other published accounts, but it seems to me that the possibility Ms. Rubin mentions — that another candidate could get into the race — is an important dynamic that may be contributing to the sluggishness to back Mr. Romney.
First, it could be an inference from the obvious existence of inscrutable evils.
Induction, as we have seen, Peirce counted as an inference from sample to population.
But to expect an inference from the observed to the unobserved to yield certainty is to expect the impossible.
We can think of this as an inference from "white horses are horses" to "riding white horses is riding horses".
In some cases, the premises have no authority aside from the partner's agreement; in others, Socrates provides an argument for premises, usually in the form of an epagoge, a general inference from a set of examples.
It is based on an analogical inference from a similarity between selected features of the analogue and features of the case at hand to some further similarity between the two.
To use knowledge base sufficiently for missing value imputation, we present FROG, an inference algorithm from knowledge bases.
In contrast, Judge Rakoff said during Ms. Jiau's proceeding that it was important not to draw a negative inference from a defendant who went to trial.
It is used to arrive at a certain inference from a point of view.
