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Woodsy
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Message 246 of 249 (497039)
02-01-2009 8:24 AM
Reply to: Message 242 by Rrhain
01-31-2009 5:56 AM


One of my favourite textbook illustrations was about these ideas. It showed a target with a duck drawn in the middle and various results of shotgun blasts. Closely-spaced groupings were precise, but only those on the centre were accurate. One showed hits all over the place, with none hitting the duck, and was labelled "On average, the duck was dead.".

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