AVERAGE FEATHER LENGTH

METHOD NUMBERS: IDFB PART 14

 WHAT IS IT?

Average feather length measures each feather and then groups them by
length.

 HOW IS IT DONE?

Three grams of clean feathers are individually measured and sorted according
to length. The categories are 0.1 to 1.9 cm for 1 cm, 2.0 to 2.9 cm for 2 cm,
3.0 to 3.9 cm for 3 cm, etc. Each category of feathers is then counted. The
report includes a chart for each feather length group with the number and
percentage according to count. The overall average of feather length is also
given.

 WHAT DO THE NUMBERS MEAN?

There are four different types of numbers – count, percentage of count,

cumulative percentage, and average feather length. The count is how many
individual feathers there are in the sample for that category. Percentage of
count is the percentage overall that a category makes up for the entire sample
based on count. The cumulative percentage is a running percentage total
starting from the smallest length category. The average feather length number
is the average for all the feather length groups.

 WHY DO IT?

There are many different types and sizes of feathers. Different products are
better suited with certain lengths of feathers. Specifying the average length of
feather is important in order to provide a consistent product.

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