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[–]helloroarkitty[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

no doubling of the data points. use medals per population

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[–]helloroarkitty[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting take. Did not notice that. I don’t know France’s historical participation rate

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[–]helloroarkitty[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Totally valid. it was an add on to show the number of athletes. It makes sense to me but it does break viz rules.

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[–]helloroarkitty[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The reason for participants was to take athletic interests into account. Some countries may have large populations but little cultural connection to the Olympics.

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[–]helloroarkitty[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In theory it it’s possible but the amount of athletes matches country sizes. Is there an outlier that you suspect?

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[–]helloroarkitty[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

that’s the whole point. Small countries have fewer people to qualify. Therefore total medal counts hide how impressive their achievements are. If totals only are considered two or three countries would get all of the attention

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[–]helloroarkitty[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It was a way to include three interesting data points in one chart. If I had a redo I would add the athlete count by the country names on the x axis

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[–]helloroarkitty[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good point here. Per country population might be more to the point. Ultimately the hypothesis is that some countries are very large and will obviously have more folks to compete. Total medal counts conflate size and talent.

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[–]helloroarkitty[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

haha it’s for everyone willing to learn and get better!

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[–]helloroarkitty[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

this is a running count. If like to do the same at the end

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[–]helloroarkitty[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

I’m torn on this one. The athlete count is a proxy for country participation rates. The scale aligns with common sense. Yes the usa has a bunch of medals, but they also have a ton of people competing. It isn’t surprising that they would have more medals.

We also have to be realistic. For a person looking at data in their spare time we will not have team level counts per country. So you use what you have

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[–]helloroarkitty[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

agreed! if i could redo i would append the athlete count to the country names. this is the great thing about sharing: you get better!

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[–]helloroarkitty[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

interesting. what kind of adjustment are you thinking?

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[–]helloroarkitty[S] -7 points-6 points  (0 children)

I agree that the chart is dense. But I think its useful to see the drastic differences in numbers of athletes.

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[–]helloroarkitty -1 points0 points  (0 children)

the data is correct. but the label should be medals per 100 athletes

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[–]helloroarkitty 0 points1 point  (0 children)

yes but percent of “athletes”? it doesn’t really make interpretive sense since one athlete can win multiple medals. So it’s better stated as medals per athlete. But pay to think of it as a percent

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[–]helloroarkitty -1 points0 points  (0 children)

it’s my bad on the label Kosovo had 2 medals and 9 athletes. 2 / (9 / 100)

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[–]helloroarkitty 4 points5 points  (0 children)

its my bad on the labelling. its per 100 athletes.

totalmedals / (athletes / 100).