Orders of Magnitude

Data Skeptic

Episode | Podcast

Date: Fri, 07 May 2021 18:55:10 +0000

<div class="container"> <p>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.</p> <p>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.</p> <p><strong>Heights</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willis_Tower">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willis_Tower</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiffel_Tower">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiffel_Tower</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Pyramid_of_Giza">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great<em>Pyramid</em>of_Giza</a></li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Space_Station">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International<em>Space</em>Station</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Bird Statistics</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.statista.com/statistics/198107/birds-in-the-united-states-since-2000/"> Birds in the US since 2000</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.sibleyguides.com/conservation/causes-of-bird-mortality/"> Causes of Bird Mortality</a></li> </ul> <p><strong>Amounts of Data</strong></p> <p>Our statistics come from <a href="https://techjury.net/blog/how-much-data-is-created-every-day/#gref"> this post</a></p> </div> <p><br /> <br /> <br /></p>