quan·ti·fy
1: to determine, express, or measure the quantity of
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): quan·ti·fied; quan·ti·fy·ing
Etymology: Medieval Latin quantificare, from Latin quantus how much
Date: circa 1840
What statistics do Baseball Cards use to 'quantify' a player's success? How do we quantify success in other sports?
There has been much discussion regarding President Obama's winning the Nobel Peace Prize in recent weeks and whether or not he deserves it. Can we quantify his success? What data should we use?
Using the newspapers and magazines in class pick one person from the news and create a trading card for them. Your card should contain both biographical information and 'quantifying' data.
No comments:
Post a Comment