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... measure , and science is not fundamentally concerned with quantities . In view of what one is usually told , this may seem a perverse and paradoxical statement . It is true that many scien- tists spend much of their time in measuring ...
... measure , and science is not fundamentally concerned with quantities . In view of what one is usually told , this may seem a perverse and paradoxical statement . It is true that many scien- tists spend much of their time in measuring ...
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... measure anything . What does this suitcase weigh ? Well , you weigh it . But how sensitive is your balance ? Unless you have some other knowledge of its accuracy , all you can do is to weigh the suitcase again , and see if you get the ...
... measure anything . What does this suitcase weigh ? Well , you weigh it . But how sensitive is your balance ? Unless you have some other knowledge of its accuracy , all you can do is to weigh the suitcase again , and see if you get the ...
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... measure- ments , indicated by crosses . Anything dependent on only two measure- ments is not likely to be very reliable . If the largest and smallest measurements were neglected , there would be no very strong evidence of a correlation ...
... measure- ments , indicated by crosses . Anything dependent on only two measure- ments is not likely to be very reliable . If the largest and smallest measurements were neglected , there would be no very strong evidence of a correlation ...
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