like when there is a huge crowd of people at a parade or something. how do they determine that there were X number of people there?
2007-06-28 11:46:19 · 4 answers · asked by tom l 3 in News & Events ➔ Other - News & Events
they take a sample and count how many are in that area then multiply it out to cover the whole area and then that is the number of people at the event. It works well as long as your sample area has an average amount of people in it. But the ACLU takes an area with the most people in it and uses that so you 10,000 becomes a million
2007-06-28 18:53:09 · answer #1 · answered by tgatecrasher2003 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I read about this once in a book called Life's Imonderables by David Feldman. I don't have the book now, and I don't remember the answer. But that's where you can find out.
2007-06-28 12:02:40 · answer #2 · answered by WhoGalt 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would guess that they base their estimate on how many ppl showed up last time and how many ppl got their tickets or whatever in advance.
2007-06-28 11:54:22 · answer #3 · answered by The Hungry One 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
good question
i dont think they count them and they dont always have a ticket sold to them
so i would like to know as well
2007-06-28 12:51:53 · answer #4 · answered by Karl 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋