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Why Is It So Hard to Estimate Crowd Size?
Aug 30th 2010 – 6:31PM
Jacquelyn Martin, AP
(Aug. 30) -- Size matters. At least it does when it comes to reporting crowd estimates. Take Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally, held Saturday on the Lincoln Memorial -- the anniversary and site of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream Speech." Besides being an important illustration of the scope of Beck's...
Background on crowd size
Crowd counting is a technique used to count or estimate the number of people in a crowd. At ticketed events, turnstiles are often used to precisely count the number of people entering a venue.
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