We were set a piece of coursework that involved asking people to guess the line and the angle size that were drawn on a piece of paper.
Estimating lines and angles
The problem- We were set a piece of coursework that involved asking people to guess the line and the angle size that were drawn on a piece of paper.
We had to collect data, analyse it and then draw up a conclusion.
The method- I drew a line on a blank piece of paper and on another blank sheet I drew an angle. I then asked 15 girls and 15 boys from y10 to estimate the line and angle. I didn’t know the sizes at this point so that there was no way I could give people any clues.
When I collected my data it was randomly stratified. This was because I asked any body in my year that I came across I didn’t choose. But it was also stratified in that I made sure I asked 15 boys and 15 girls.
This is the table I will use to collect all my results on:
The hypotheses- I made three hypotheses and I will try to carry out two of them if I have time.
Hypothesis 1: I think that more people will do better at guessing the angle because you can work out 90 degrees and then guess the last bit. Estimating a line is much harder as it is harder to imagine a centimetre or say 15 centimetres.
