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Investigate people's judgement of measurements.
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Statistics Coursework: Judgement of Distance By Nathan Hart Judgement of Measurements Object I have decided to investigate people's judgement of measurements as the subject for my Statistics Coursework. Before starting this experiment I needed to define guidelines that would establish the fairness of the tests method of assessment. The method I chose to fulfil this requirement was to: 1. Place the test candidates at one end of a table with their eyes level with the table-top 2. Ask the candidates to look horizontally across the table at a pin located at a fixed position in the middle of a sheet of graph-paper [see diagram 1]. 3. Require the candidate to mark (on the graph-paper) that distance where they thought the pin was located (firstly marking using their right hand, and then their left). Viewing, per hand, is firstly using both eyes followed by each eye individually, right first. The difference between the estimated and the actual position...
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