@neiltyson Plus you have to multiply by something like 2/3 power of GDP ratio!
See:http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mario-livio/how-to-rank-medal-counts-_b_1697994.html …
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@neiltyson I think that it'd be better to scale the winning countries by olympians sent, or by a olympian/population ratio, shouldn't it?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson Or scaled by prestige? 100m track gold=archery gold? Subjective but interesting...#Olympic reflections at http://bit.ly/MR6kTg .Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson Yay Jamaica !Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson can you do medals per athlete?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson considered scaling logarithmically instead of linearly? I feel medal earnings would be less than linear...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson It's as if the "9-medal min" is artificially set up to include AUS, when Slovenia (4) and Mongolia (5) are unfairly excluded.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson I feel that may be misleading by assuming talent is equally distributed. Perhaps medal/competitor would be more appropriate?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson // Scaled by Mitt Romney dollars in tax shelters: Switzerland barely edges out the Cayman Islands as #1 country in medal count.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson what if you count where the athletes live and train instead of their nationality?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson don't IOC limits regarding max number of athletes per country per event make that per capita scaling meaningless?Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson population matters, but so do other measurables like GDP/cap. I took a look at both here:http://goo.gl/urrIOThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson How about scaling by Per Capita GDP? Wealthy nations outperform their population metrics.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson European Union -293 medals, US 104...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson But some (not necessarily those) athletes from other countries train in the US. The US "produces" more medals than the 104.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@neiltyson Congrats on your 100★ tweet! http://favstar.fm/t/235713075813167104 …Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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