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Information science, an Uncommon card
Information science is an academic field that is primarily concerned with the analysis, collection, classification, manipulation, storage, retrieval, movement, dissemination, and protection of information.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 77
- DEF
- 77
- Power
- 154
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 51,000
Power 154 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Information science quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Information science card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
The ______ of this study is to create, replace, improve, or understand the information systems.
Answer
objective. The objective of this study is to create, replace, improve, or understand the information systems. From the Information science article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Carina Nebula. Carina Nebula 71,000 · Information science 51,000 · Friedrich List 39,000 · William Henry Bragg 29,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
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.
- Practitioners within and outside the field engage in the study of knowledge application and usage in organizations.
- Additionally, they examine the interaction between people, organizations, and any existing information systems.
- The objective of this study is to create, replace, improve, or understand the information systems.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Information science article was read about 51,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 77 and blocks with 77: each hit it takes is cut by 31 %.
How to get Information science
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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The cards just above and just below Information science in the power ranking, all domains together.
- Chinese paintingUncommon · Arts · ATK 80 DEF 74
- ElectrochemistryUncommon · Science · ATK 79 DEF 75
- Fanny Blankers-KoenUncommon · Society · ATK 74 DEF 80
- Robert AdamUncommon · History · ATK 76 DEF 78
- Chinese jadeUncommon · Nature · ATK 71 DEF 83
- Friedrich ListUncommon · History · ATK 78 DEF 76
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Information science (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Alexander Doria, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
