Statistical analysis of growing conditions (rainfall, temperature) via multivariate regression predicts Bordeaux wine quality more accurately than traditional expert tasters, because the wine is unpalatable and imprecise to judge in its immature early months.

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Speaker

Ian Ayres

Evidence Quote

he has done a statistical analysis a technique called a multivariate regression to try to find underlying correlations underlying causal influences between the growing conditions the rainfall and the weather and the quality of the wine and he's been surprisingly accurate

Source

Ian Ayres on Super Crunchers and the Power of Data 10/22/2007EconTalk
Created: 6/17/2026, 10:31:42 AM

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