Laboratory Excercises
Laboratory on the Metric System and Applications of Fundamental Statistics
Your Name: _____________________________________
Please answer the following questions by providing stature (height) and weight in standard (US) and or metric system(s) units.
PLEASE BE AWARE THAT YOUR LAB PARTNER MAY BE WRONG, SO WORK ON CONVERSIONS ON YOUR OWN.
However, once completed comparing your results with your fellow classmates is fine. However, please always have the above warning in mind.
1. A female 172 cm _____feet ____inches
2. A male 160 lbs ____________kg
3. A female 5’ 7” ___________cm
4. Your self-reported height ___________inches
5. Convert your stature from question #4 into metric units ____________ mm
6. Convert your stature from question #4 into metric units ____________ cm
7. Convert your stature from question #4 into metric units _____________ m
8. Your height measured in the lab _____________ m
9. Your height measured in the lab _____________cm
10. Your height measured in the lab _____________mm
11. Difference in your self-reported stature and in the lab measured stature ________ mm
12.Difference in your self-reported stature and in the lab measured stature ________ mm
13. Calculate mean of all the participants self-reported heights _________ cm
14. Calculate mean of all of the participants in the lab measured heights __________cm
15. Calculate standard deviation for all self-reported height __________mm
16. Calculate standard deviation for all in the lab measured heights __________ cm
17. Calculate difference in means from questions #13 and #14 __________mm