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I am investigating how well people estimate the length of a line and the size of an angle.
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... I am investigating how well people estimate the length of a line and the size of an angle. I am going to compare the following: * Year 7 compared to year 10 (Boys and girls) in estimating the size of an acute angle. * Girls compared to boys (Years 7 and 10) in estimating the length of a short line. I am going to compare these two because it is a very wide range of data. I am going to sample 40 people for each investigation, For example: * 40 people from year 7 and, * 40 people from year 10. A questionnaire has been circulated to a variety of people in set 1-5 and year 7-sixth form. The questionnaire includes questions, such as: * Estimate the length of this line * Estimate the size of this angle * Estimate the length of this squiggle For Investigation 1 'Year 7 compared to year 10 in estimating














