10000 YouTube Subscribers and Wisdom of the Crowds

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Description: QED Gold: Originally uploaded 12th June 2011

Competition is over I'm afraid, but you may still like to play.

Here's a photo of the jar: http://tumblr.com/xqt2yusc39
 
Created: 2011-10-31 18:31
Collection: Quite Easily Done
Publisher: University of Cambridge
Copyright: Dr J.R. Grime
Language: eng (English)
Distribution: World     (downloadable)
Keywords: maths; math; mathematics; problem; puzzle; probability; statistics; wisdom of the crowd; Francis Galton;
Categories: iTunes - Mathematics
Explicit content: No
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
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Abstract: Competition is over I'm afraid, but you may still like to play.

Here's a photo of the jar: http://tumblr.com/xqt2yusc39

Here is the text of Galton's original paper http://tomayko.com/writings/galtons-ox
Even better here is a pdf of the original paper http://galton.org/essays/1900-1911/galton-1907-vox-populi.pdf
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