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The heights of 16-18 year old young adults varies between males and females. My prediction is that the majority of males are taller than females.
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Statistics coursework S1 Task A: Measurements The heights of 16-18 young adults varies between males and females. My prediction is that the majority of males are taller than females. I have decided to take a sample of 100 16-18 young adults from Havering Sixth Form College and measure their heights with a tape measure. My two populations will be male and females and I will obtain 50 male heights and 50 female heights. I have chosen to take a sample of 100 because small sample sizes may give inaccurate results whereas a larger sample size may be impractical and time consuming. Therefore I feel a sample size of 100 will give a efficient set of results and a meaningful conclusion could be deduced. To insure that the data I collected wasn't biased I didn't look at each persons height to ensure that the data I collected was even for both populations and within both...
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