Ken Fox asked what we think of the target practice example for
precision and accuracy. I think it is a frequently cited example, and
I think it is a good one. The typically student ought to be able to
have a pretty clear visual image of this... and it's even pretty easy
to draw on the board.
Ken also asked if this example has anything analogous to resolution.
Mark Sylvester asked if the bullet hole size might serve this purpose.
I would agree with Mark. I think resolution in this example would be
how well we can tell where each "bullet" went. I put bullet in
quotations because the worst case scenario would be a shotgun... unless
we allow exploding bullets.
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