The
Great
wisdom of crowds
Experiment
by
Year 6
It's
Butterscotch
(but not as you know it)
Darwin's cousin, Franky "What's up?" Galton
How much does the cow weigh?
The Experts
Good guesses, very close
The General Public
Oh dear, miles off in lots of cases, but ...
If You AVERAGED EVERYONE'S GUESS
The Crowd is better than the Expert
So we TRIED OUR OWN EXPERIMENT
We sent a member of staff to
Scotland
To a town called Inverary
To Buy SOME BUTTERSCOTCH
"fir furtin poooonds"
We asked the experts
and other members of staff
And we asked you ...
Would ANYONE BEAT THE CROWD?!
Would the crowd's guess even be close?!!
And was it fair that if the crowd won then the staff would get all the sweets?!!!!!!!
QUIET PLEASE
THIS IS MATHS
AMAZINGLY!
THE CROWD WAS
JUST ONE
SWEETIE AWAY!
One STUDENT was closer
ONE STUDENT GUESSED EXACTLY
At this point
please can we have a round of applause for
6N
who counted up all the sweets
THE CROWD GUESSED
322
BUT THE WINNER IS ...
ALEXANDRA HIGHAM
323
wisdom of crowds
By piersyoung
