NBS Special Publication, Issue 345The Bureau, 1971 |
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... conversion program . Those who did not react favorably to metrication gave as reasons , " inconvenience of a change , " and " satisfaction with the present system . " However , many of them admitted that metrication did have some ...
... conversion program . Those who did not react favorably to metrication gave as reasons , " inconvenience of a change , " and " satisfaction with the present system . " However , many of them admitted that metrication did have some ...
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... conversion mentioned most were inconvenience and confusion . Despite widespread opposition to conversion , many agreed with reasons for use of the metric system which were presented during the interview . Thirty - four percent of the ...
... conversion mentioned most were inconvenience and confusion . Despite widespread opposition to conversion , many agreed with reasons for use of the metric system which were presented during the interview . Thirty - four percent of the ...
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... conversion , giving substantive arguments supporting their position . This suggests that much of the opposition is born of a lack of knowledge and that an opportuni- ty exists to develop interest in metrication . PURPOSES OF THE STUDY ...
... conversion , giving substantive arguments supporting their position . This suggests that much of the opposition is born of a lack of knowledge and that an opportuni- ty exists to develop interest in metrication . PURPOSES OF THE STUDY ...
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... Conversion ( Percent of respondents ) All respondents ... Value of index of information : Very Moder- Moder- Very unre- ately Neutral ately ceptive unre- recep- tive гесер- Total Number of cases ceptive tive 35 23 12 13 17 100 ( 1402 ) ...
... Conversion ( Percent of respondents ) All respondents ... Value of index of information : Very Moder- Moder- Very unre- ately Neutral ately ceptive unre- recep- tive гесер- Total Number of cases ceptive tive 35 23 12 13 17 100 ( 1402 ) ...
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... conversion to metric measurement would be a good or a bad idea . The distribution of their responses is presented in table 8 . Negative aspects of conversion were frequently mentioned . The most prevalent unprompted response was that ...
... conversion to metric measurement would be a good or a bad idea . The distribution of their responses is presented in table 8 . Negative aspects of conversion were frequently mentioned . The most prevalent unprompted response was that ...
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advantage and/or engineering standards areas BDC survey CALIFORNIA LIBRARY Canada Celsius centimeters Commerce competitive consumer conversion cost impact countries customary system designed and manufactured developed dimensions effect electrical estimated Exports of MSS factors Fahrenheit fasteners home sewer imports inch-pound inches increase industry Japan kilogram labeled machine tools machinery maintenance manufactured in metric manufactured in U.S. measurement units ment meters metric measurement metric standards metric system metric units Millions of Dollars MSS Product Classes package personnel problems Product Classes cont'd Product description 1969 Products are designed pumps and compressors purchase Reputation and reliability respondents SIC Product description sizes specifications steel sumer system of measurement Table 12 total rankings trade surplus U.S. converted U.S. customary units U.S. exports U.S. foreign trade U.S. Metric Study United Kingdom units and engineering units and/or engineering weights and measures