Statistics and the scientific method

Dec. 5th, 2007 09:35 am
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Saw an estimate of 14.5" of snow for our location.  I think that level of precision in the results exceeds the accuracy of the measurement...
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Date: 2007-12-05 05:51 pm (UTC)
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Ah, so they're probably just looking at their rain gauge, and seeing where the snow tops out inside the graduated cylinder.
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