What are some of your favorite estimation questions ?
mine include:
1-estimate the market size for malaria pils in developing markets
2- estimate the # of ER visits in the US per year
3- estimate the # of calls made by Skype per year
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I like this one:
How many chickens are there in the world?
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Serhat
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