Question

In Making Social Science Matter, this Danish geographer argued for a “phronetic” approach to social science that primarily aims to aid practical reason. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this lead author of Megaprojects and Risk, which found that optimism bias and political pressure make project proposals that fudge numbers more likely to be approved than well-planned ones.
ANSWER: Bent Flyvbjerg (“FLOOB-yair”)
[10e] Flyvbjerg studied urban planning under Martin Wachs (“wacks”), who aimed to increase this measure of the ease of travel in an area. This term describes how easily a service can be used by people with disabilities.
ANSWER: accessibility [or word forms of access]
[10m] Flyvbjerg helped redesign this city’s public transit system with reference class forecasting. Anna and Patrick Geddes’s work in this European city helped found modern urban planning.
ANSWER: Edinburgh [or Dùn Èideann]
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Data

TeamOpponentPart 1Part 2Part 3Total
Arizona StateOttawa010010
Berkeley BMinnesota B010010
Chicago CSouth Carolina010010
Columbia APurdue010010
Cornell AWUSTL A010010
Cornell BChicago D010010
DukeVirginia010010
Georgia TechBrown010010
IndianaChicago B010010
Johns HopkinsBerkeley A010010
MarylandIllinois010010
McGillTruman State010010
Minnesota ATexas0101020
North Carolina BHarvard010010
NorthwesternIowa State010010
PennFlorida010010
RutgersColumbia B0101020
StanfordNorth Carolina A010010
Toronto ANYU010010
VanderbiltKentucky0000
WUSTL BToronto B010010
WaterlooChicago A0101020
Yale AMichigan010010
Yale BClaremont Colleges010010

Summary

TournamentEditionExact Match?HeardPPBEasy %Medium %Hard %
2024 ACF Nationals04/21/2024Y2410.8396%13%0%