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Geostatistics, a Common card
Geostatistics is a branch of statistics focusing on spatial or spatiotemporal datasets.
- Rarity
- Common
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 61
- DEF
- 36
- Power
- 97
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 8,200
Power 97 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 40 % of WikiCards cards.
Geostatistics quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Geostatistics card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
Geostatistical algorithms are ______ in many places, including geographic information systems.
Answer
incorporated. Geostatistical algorithms are incorporated in many places, including geographic information systems. From the Geostatistics article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Geostatistics. Geostatistics 61 · Vitamin K antagonist 58 · Lilith 55 · Dudu of Akkad 52 ATK in WikiCards.
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.
- Developed originally to predict probability distributions of ore grades for mining operations, it is currently applied in diverse disciplines including petroleum geology, hydrogeology, hydrology, meteorology, oceanography, geochemistry, geometallurgy, geography, forestry, environmental control, landscape ecology, soil science, and agriculture.
- Geostatistics is applied in varied branches of geography, particularly those involving the spread of diseases, the practice of commerce and military planning, and the development of efficient spatial networks.
- Geostatistical algorithms are incorporated in many places, including geographic information systems.
Why it is Common
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Geostatistics article was read about 8,200 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 61 and blocks with 36: each hit it takes is cut by 14 %.
How to get Geostatistics
Open packs. Each pack holds five cards drawn from real Wikipedia articles, the rarest last, and the fifth card is always Rare or better. The odds are shown in the game. A free pack arrives every hour and two can wait, and the Coins you win in duels buy more packs.
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Geostatistics (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Helena Mitasova LukeTriton, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
