Congratulations to forecasters from the past several weeks who won profile badges on SciCast.org during Activity Badge Wednesday. Learn more about the special.
Activity Badge Wednesday Winners
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Monthly Archives: August 2014
Month of thanks - Amazon gift card winners galore!
The following people won Amazon gift cards for activity on SciCast.org during Activity Reward Tuesday over the past four weeks. A belated congratulations to all of our winners! Learn more about the special.
SciCast badge winners announced
For the final lotteries following August 15th, 2014, each Entrant’s values will be averaged over a series of randomly selected times as early as August 16th at 12:00 AM ET, and no later than September 1st at 12:00 AM ET. Learn more.
Join SciCast for a Reddit Science AMA and an ACS webinar this week!
Have you ever wondered what will be the next ‘big thing’ in technology? What if you could garner collective wisdom from your peers - those who are interested in the same topics as you – with global reach?
Don’t miss two unique opportunities to learn more about how you can do this on SciCast (www.scicast.org), the largest known science and technology-focused crowdsourced forecasting site.
SciCast will be the featured topic in a Reddit Science AMA and an American Chemistry Society webinar this week! Don’t miss these opportunities to share your SciCast expertise and weigh in on the discussion. We also encourage you to share the information with your friends and colleagues.
HPV questions have resolved on SciCast
The HPV questions have resolved. There were 52 questions (one for each state) plus six cluster questions and one question about the nation (see trends graph below).
The state questions asked, “What will be the 2013 estimated vaccination coverage of HPV for females aged 13-17 in the state of <State name>.”
State HPV vaccination likely is dependent on the cluster to which the state belongs. We asked forecasters to help to fill in the conditional probability forecasts by using the “Related Forecasts” section after a forecast on the cluster question. Continue reading
SciCast Accuracy Reward Thursday winners pick up Amazon gift cards!
August 14 Winners
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Activity Badge Wednesday Winners on SciCast
Activity Badge Wednesday Winners
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Amazon gift card winners on SciCast
Tuesday, August 23 Winners
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Last week’s prize winners on SciCast
Week of August 5 Winners
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New Leaderboards (and more!) on SciCast
You may have noticed some upgrades to the SciCast interface that should make your experience even better! For instance, during Incentive Weeks (when you can win prizes) we’ve added new Leaderboard views. You can now toggle to see the leaders for each prize day.
