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Gillyflower Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

statistics

Is "statistics" suistable in context below?
"The average age of day-shift nurses was 31.4± 5.6, the average amount of work experience was 7.6± 4.6, and the average driving record was 6.8± 3.8; these statistics were 28.7± 3.9, 4.7± 3.1, and 6.1± 3.5 respectively for night-shift nurses."

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Mister MicawberYou have no units.
The unit is year in all cases.

The average age of day-shift nurses was 31.4± 5.6, the average amount of work experience was 7.6± 4.6, and the average driving record was 6.8± 3.8 years; these statistics were 28.7± 3.9, 4.7± 3.1, and 6.1± 3.5 years respectively for night-shift nurses."
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Then, what does a 'driving record' in years mean?
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Mister MicawberThen, what does a 'driving record' in years mean?
I mean the number of years the participant is driving, since the year she has strated driving.
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Leave a space before '±'.

The average age of day-shift nurses was 31.4 ± 5.6 years, their average work experience was 7.6 ± 4.6 years, and their average driving experience was 6.8 ± 3.8 years; for night-shift nurses, these statistics were 28.7 ± 3.9, 4.7 ± 3.1, and 6.1 ± 3.5 years respectively.

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