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Fall
2000
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Date
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Presenter(s)
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Title
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14Nov00
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Group
Activity
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Learning
to Estimate
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Description
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useful skill to have is the ability to make numerical estimates of different
quantities. Why is this useful? To quickly get a feel for important factors,
and to perform "sanity checks" on more complex calculations of the same
quantities. Estimating involves dealing with uncertainty, gathering information,
and assessing how accurate the information needs to be. Estimation exercises
are sometimes called "Fermi Questions"; we'll try a couple! |
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