Science notes - Hedge surveys, or how to treat data with caution
Issue 346 | Page 9 | Published Sep 2012
Description
Many science teachers may be unfamiliar with Hooper's rule (sometimes, but incorrectly, referred to as Hooper's hypothesis). The rule was devised by Dr Max Hooper in the 1960s as a means of dating field hedges and it can also be used to help establish the age of tracks, lanes and enclosed land.
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