And the Kansas state "1600" record is 4:13.60. Oh, the absurdity!
And the Kansas state "1600" record is 4:13.60. Oh, the absurdity!
Worse is that HSers think 4-laps on a 400m track is a mile.
Not to take anything away from Marty. If you add the .24 to convert to FAT should his time actually be 4:00.4? What if that was his school record and another athlete ran 4:00.20. Would he be the record holder?
The 0.24 convert is a guesstimate. And, why use a conversion to two-decimals of accuracy on a one-decimal accuracy value. In statistics and engineering this is verboten. Start with one-decimal, end with one-decimal. Ending with two-decimals implies that you started with two-decimals before doing your maths.
An interesting comment forum/blog about conversions.
The NCAA and Direct Athletics use .24 as the conversion standard. The use of .4 to .04 is to indicate FAT to HT
Not for old races and events.
And as noted, it is poor maths --technically unacceptable-- to convert a one-decimal number to two-decimals of accuracy.
0.24 convert wrote:
The 0.24 convert is a guesstimate. And, why use a conversion to two-decimals of accuracy on a one-decimal accuracy value. In statistics and engineering this is verboten. Start with one-decimal, end with one-decimal. Ending with two-decimals implies that you started with two-decimals before doing your maths.
This is correct.
Gary Parker wrote:
The NCAA and Direct Athletics use .24 as the conversion standard. The use of .4 to .04 is to indicate FAT to HT
It doesn't matter what they use as a "conversion", it simply is NOT acceptable to go from one significant decimal to two decimals at any time -- EVER.
Given that the NCAA represents an assemblage of purportedly "academic" institutions, this is abhorrent.
I want to add something. The rules of significant digits aren't mere pedantic STEM major conventions, they are taught in the 7th grade, perhaps even earlier.
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