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Sat 2012-08-11 08:26
My Hasse diagram done better
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[identity profile] atreic.livejournal.comSun 2012-08-12 08:15
That's very nicely done.

The adjusting for population one is very funny though - I like the strategy of 'win one gold medal, have very few people' adopted by Grenada!
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[personal profile] simontSun 2012-08-12 08:27
Yes, that is unfortunately the problem with per-head or per-dollar-GDP systems; they seem a fairer way in principle to judge merit irrespective of size, but when countries get down to the point where the expected rate of medal-winning is a fraction of a medal per Olympics they develop the problem that the interesting parts of the table are composed of noise rather than signal...
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[identity profile] pseudomonas.livejournal.comSun 2012-08-12 10:27
Though Jamaica has done rather well even not taking population into account :)
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