PlanetMoneyCowGuesses: Planet Money Cow Weight Guesses
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Description
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Description
Data collected by the NPR podcast Planet Money to the question, "How much does this cow weigh?". This is a replication of the Galton paper "Vox Populi" which cites guesses of cow's weight from a county fair to illustrate the "wisdom of crowds".
Usage
1
Format
A data frame with 17184 rows and 2 columns.
name type description
guess "numeric" Response to the question, "How much does this cow weigh?". The weights are in pounds.
error "numeric" Difference (in pounds) between the guess and the weight of 1,355 pounds.
Source
References
Quoctrung Bui, "17,205 People Guessed The Weight Of A Cow. Here's How They Did.", Planet Money, August 7, 2015. http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/08/07/429720443/17-205-people-guessed-the-weight-of-a-cow-heres-how-they-did.
Jacob Goldstein, "How Much Does This Cow Weigh?," Planet Money, July 17, 2015.
See Also
VoxPopuli for the data from original Galton paper which inspired
this data collection.
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Description Usage Format Source References See Also
Description
Data collected by the NPR podcast Planet Money to the question, "How much does this cow weigh?". This is a replication of the Galton paper "Vox Populi" which cites guesses of cow's weight from a county fair to illustrate the "wisdom of crowds".
Usage
1 |
Format
A data frame with 17184 rows and 2 columns.
| name | type | description |
guess | "numeric" | Response to the question, "How much does this cow weigh?". The weights are in pounds. |
error | "numeric" | Difference (in pounds) between the guess and the weight of 1,355 pounds. |
Source
References
Quoctrung Bui, "17,205 People Guessed The Weight Of A Cow. Here's How They Did.", Planet Money, August 7, 2015. http://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/08/07/429720443/17-205-people-guessed-the-weight-of-a-cow-heres-how-they-did.
Jacob Goldstein, "How Much Does This Cow Weigh?," Planet Money, July 17, 2015.
See Also
VoxPopuli for the data from original Galton paper which inspired
this data collection.
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