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Robert Fogel, an Uncommon card
Robert William Fogel was an American economic historian and winner of the 1993 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- History
- ATK
- 69
- DEF
- 47
- Power
- 116
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 20,000
Power 116 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 55 % of WikiCards cards.
Robert Fogel quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Robert Fogel card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
He is best known as an advocate of cliometrics, an approach to history emphasizing the use of ______ methods.
Answer
quantitative. He is best known as an advocate of cliometrics, an approach to history emphasizing the use of quantitative methods. From the Robert Fogel article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
Robert William Fogel was an American economic historian and winner of the ____ Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences.
Answer
1990s. Robert William Fogel was an American economic historian and winner of the 1993 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. From the Robert Fogel article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Jermaine Dupri production discography. Jermaine Dupri production discography 79 · Robert Fogel 69 · Jane Jensen 66 · R4M 61 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.
- As of his death, he was the Charles R. Walgreen Distinguished Service Professor of American Institutions and director of the Center for Population Economics at the University of Chicago's Booth School of Business.
- He is best known as an advocate of cliometrics, an approach to history emphasizing the use of quantitative methods.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Robert Fogel article was read about 20,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 69 and blocks with 47: each hit it takes is cut by 19 %.
How to get Robert Fogel
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Text : Wikipedia, Robert Fogel (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Michael Fogel, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons.
