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We are conducting an investigation to discover how accurate people in our school are at estimating the lengths of lines and the sizes of angles.
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Statistics Coursework We are conducting an investigation to discover how accurate people in our school are at estimating the lengths of lines and the sizes of angles. My hypothesis will be based on sizes of lines and angles because if we tested people by using measurements like area and volume we may instead end up testing their ability at calculating these things instead. Some people find calculating these values harder than others. Hypothesis> It is easier to estimate the size of acute angles than obtuse. I think that it is easier to estimate the size of acute angles than obtuse angles because they are easier to visualise than larger angles. For example, the angles 90° and 45° are easier to visualise than angles like 165° and 130°.> Year 11 students can estimate the length of the straight lines more accurately than Year 7 students. I have made this hypothesis because I think...
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