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A statistician with an eye for spotting pioneering trends, Hans Rosling, a Swedish medical doctor and academic, dispels myths about the developing world. By presenting data in a captivating way, Rosling encourages millions of people to re-evaluate their understanding of the world. Rosling, ranked as one of the world's most 100 influential people by Time magazine in 2012, delivered a fact-based talk Sept. 9 to an engaged audience in Statler Auditorium. He spoke as the Mario Einaudi Center for International Studies' Henry E. and Nancy Horton Bartels World Affairs Fellow. To begin, Rosling tested the audience's knowledge of certain development facts. He started by displaying the question: "What is the life expectancy of the world population?" a) 50 years b) 60 years c) 70 years Using handheld clickers, 401 individuals in the audience responded to this and other multiple-choice questions.
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