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 (Avedon 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 (Belon book), a 16th-century ethnographical book