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Teddy Weaver

Vehicles involved in fatal crashes - 1 views

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shared by Teddy Weaver on 18 Jan 12 - No Cached
  • Teddy Weaver on 18 Jan 12
     
    :)
  • zachary sanicola on 18 Jan 12
     
    I wonder how many were alcohol related since the days with the most wrecks were Fri, Sat, and Sun?
  • Dan Hasday on 23 Jan 12
     
    It would be interesting to compare the number of cars on the road to the number of fatal crashes, or even the total number of crashes to fatal crashes.
Joseph Newman

Reducing Your Chances of Dying in a Plane Crash - 4 views

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shared by Joseph Newman on 18 Jan 12 - Cached
  • Nathan Hall on 18 Jan 12
     
    The question that really jumps out at me is in the section with the greyscale plane diagrams - Do the planes with the most fatalities also have more cumulative flights? The ratio of planes in service to accidents gives some scaling data, but it's entirely possible that the seemingly dangerous Boeing 737 family has made many more cumulative flights than its counterparts. "anyqs?"
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  • Baihaqis Bahran on 22 Jan 12
     
    anyqs For the safety record (fatal accidents by airline), does the bigger the font size represent the higher frequency of fatal accidents? Or is it represent the higher number of fatality? Its kinda define ambiguous because in an fatal accident, the fatality also depends on the size of aircraft and number of passengers. A 120 passengers aircraft with 10 fatal accidents is better than a 230 passengers aircraft with 6 fatal accidents.
  • Abdul Rasyid Kamaruzaman on 22 Jan 12
     
    anyqs For the bad month, I am so confuse with the circle. It only says January, May and August that had the most fatal accidents. Does that means that every other month no accident occur and what make these months so special? Is it because it is school holiday and people decided to go somewhere? I mean every other month have school holidays too or does this refer to America only because in Malaysia we have school holidays in June and Dec.
  • JC Ren on 23 Jan 12
     
    anyqs I don't understand why there're numbers for only 3 months in the "bad month" section. For the bad flight, how are they bad? Does it mean those flights have the most crashes?
  • mehdi hailouch on 23 Jan 12
     
    In the display of the number of crashes by month, does the thickness of the circle represent anything in the data because some circles are thicker than others, or are the numbers being compared just based on the diameter of the circles?
  • Haolin Wang on 23 Jan 12
     
    anyqs In the second display, I'm confused with in ratio of the number of the planes in service to fatal accidents. The ratio is interpreted as an indicator of the safety factor of the plane. However, in my opinion, the larger plane is taking a higher risk of suffering more casualties rather than comparing their in service ratios.
Christopher Lioi

Satellite crash site, narrowing the probability | NowPublic News Coverage - 1 views

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shared by Christopher Lioi on 03 Feb 12 - No Cached
  • Christopher Lioi on 03 Feb 12
     
    This article approaches probability axiomatically. The scientists first estimated how many of the fragments of satellite would burn up on reentry based on their size. Then, for the components they expect survived the reentry, they determined the probability that they would hit any populated area and cause damage. They reasoned that since most of the planet's surface is water, there is a greater probability for the satellite debris to land in the ocean rather than on land.
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