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Averages for Kids: Why No One Is Average in Every Way

From the podcast Maths for Kids / Maths is Not Boring: The Kids Maths Podcast

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The story of averages for kids: how around 1950 Gilbert Daniels measured 4,063 United States Air Force pilots and found that not one was average in every way.

• Why cockpits built for the average pilot fitted nobody
• What an average tells you about a crowd, and what it cannot tell you
• How the answer was seats and pedals that adjust, like the seats in a car
• Quiz questions to answer along the way

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