Twenty people, including yourself, are to measure the width…

Twenty people, including yourself, are to measure the width of a room to the tenth of millimeter. Assume that everyone uses the same well calibrated measuring device such as a tape measure. All measurements are not likely to be exactly the same; some will be higher than the true value and some lower. These differences represent  random errors. If you want to minimize the effect of random errors in determining the width of the room, the better choice is to report the mean (average) of all measurements.

Question 2.6.1   This graph shows how the average heig…

Question 2.6.1   This graph shows how the average height of men has changed between 1871 and 1975.     Click on the button below to open the picture of the table.   What does the graph show has happened to the average height of men during this time? (1)