Courtney is making regular observations of the growth rate of kudzu vines on a ditch in her neighborhood. She isolated and tagged five tendrils of the vine, and takes weekly cumulative measurements for a year. A portion of her results are shown below. What issue with her data does Courtney need to resolve?

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falco276 · Answer

Tendril #

Week 1

Week 3

Week 6

1

1.2 cm

5.9 in

1.2 ft

2

2.0 cm

4.8 in

0.98 ft

3

0.8 cm

3.2 in

0.55 ft

4

0.2 cm

1.6 in

0.35 ft

5

1.5 cm

4.3 in

1.01 ft

falco276 · Answer

Inconsistent units of measure

 Frequency of measurement

 Duration of the study

 Number of samples

falco276 · Answer

@AravindG 
@FirstFrostByte 
@geerky42 
@ghazi

falco276 · Answer

@zaynahf

anonymous · Answer

The data is a bit scattered, can you make a chart?

falco276 · Answer

oh, I can't do that. :(

falco276 · Answer

what about you, @FirstFrostByte?

anonymous · Answer

Bio isn't my best subject it's up there but I don't know if I can help with this sorry :(
But it you ever need History tag me.

falco276 · Answer

ok, cool.

andrefontex · Answer

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