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Method

How to take a measurement that is repeatable and comparable.

14 August 2026 3 min readMethod

How to measure the way the research does

Most of the disagreement online is people comparing numbers taken by different methods. There is only one that is comparable, and it takes two minutes.

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MethodHow to take a measurement that is repeatable and comparable.DataWhat the published distributions say, and how far self-reported figures drift from them.GearTape, ruler, or neither - what changes the reading.