Data Skeptic

Orders of Magnitude


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Today's show in two parts. First, Linhda joins us to review the episodes from Data Skeptic: Pilot Season and give her feedback on each of the topics.

Second, we introduce our new segment "Orders of Magnitude". It's a statistical game show in which participants must identify the true statistic hidden in a list of statistics which are off by at least an order of magnitude. Claudia and Vanessa join as our first contestants. Below are the sources of our questions.

Heights

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willis_Tower
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiffel_Tower
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GreatPyramidof_Giza
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/InternationalSpaceStation

Bird Statistics

  • Birds in the US since 2000
  • Causes of Bird Mortality

Amounts of Data

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