News & Views item - August  2012

 

 

The Olympic Games Final Medal Count as Tabulated by The New York Times. (August 13, 2012)

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Note added August 14, 2012: Sydney Morning Herald business columnist Michael West reports: "Statistician Brian Dawes has formulated the only true and just statistical representation of Olympic medal performance. Dawes calls it the MAP methodology. 'Based on a crafty combination of medals won, athletes in your team, and your country's population, I am please to advise that the real winner of the London Olympics is Australia!' Using the formula, medals won multiplied by athletes in your team divided by home count population (MAP), here are the top four: Australia 632, Great Britain 565, Hungary 268, Russia 250 -- Team USA scored a measly 175, and China only 23."

 

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