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C. R. Rao, an Uncommon card
Prof. Calyampudi Radhakrishna Rao was an Indian-American mathematician and statistician.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 70
- DEF
- 40
- Power
- 110
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 86,000
Power 110 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 50 % of WikiCards cards.
C. R. Rao quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the C. R. Rao card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He was professor emeritus at Pennsylvania State ______ and research professor at the University at Buffalo.
Answer
University. He was professor emeritus at Pennsylvania State University and research professor at the University at Buffalo. From the C. R. Rao article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Rao was honoured by numerous colloquia, honorary degrees, and festschrifts and was awarded the US National Medal of Science in ____.
Answer
2000s. Rao was honoured by numerous colloquia, honorary degrees, and festschrifts and was awarded the US National Medal of Science in 2002. From the C. R. Rao article on Wikipedia.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- He was professor emeritus at Pennsylvania State University and research professor at the University at Buffalo.
- Rao was honoured by numerous colloquia, honorary degrees, and festschrifts and was awarded the US National Medal of Science in 2002.
- The American Statistical Association has described him as "a living legend" whose work has influenced not just statistics, but has had far reaching implications for fields as varied as economics, genetics, anthropology, geology, national planning, demography, biometry, and medicine." The Times of India listed Rao as one of the top 10 Indian scientists of all time.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The C. R. Rao article was read about 86,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 70 and blocks with 40: each hit it takes is cut by 16 %.
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Text : Wikipedia, C. R. Rao (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Prateek Karandikar, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
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