Critical thinking is not the set of skills, but rather it is using those skills in the process of making a reflective, purposeful judgment. The intricate interaction of critical thinking skills in real-life problem solving and decision making may begin with an analysis, an interpretation, an inference, or an evaluation. Then, using self-regulation, we may go back and check ourselves for accuracy. On other occasions, we may first draw an inference based on an interpretation and then evaluate our own inference. We may be explaining our reasoning to someone and realize, because we are monitoring our own thinking, that our reasoning is not adequate. This may lead us to recheck our analyses or our inferences to see where we may need to refine our thinking.