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<DIV><STRONG><EM><FONT face="Book Antiqua">For a few years now I have had to
teach a stats course (not my strongest subject) to classes of science and social
science students. Does anyone have any interesting / curious / but real
values for mean and s.d. apart from intelligence test scores and the lifetimes
of electric light bulbs? What is the s.d. of shoe sizes or the sugar
content of normal blood samples?</FONT></EM></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><EM><FONT face="Book Antiqua"></FONT></EM></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><EM><FONT face="Book Antiqua">Stephen
Haigh</FONT></EM></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><EM><FONT face="Book Antiqua">Tower Hamlets
College</FONT></EM></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><EM><FONT face="Book Antiqua">London E1
0PT</FONT></EM></STRONG></DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><EM><FONT face="Book Antiqua"></FONT></EM></STRONG> </DIV>
<DIV><STRONG><EM><FONT face="Book Antiqua">(work = <A
href="mailto:shaigh@tower.ac.uk">shaigh@tower.ac.uk</A>
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