DiscussWorldIssues - Socio-Economic Religion and Political Uncensored Debate - View Single Post

**SeelaypeKet** · 08-05-2012, 04:18 PM

On the one hand we have:

Country G/S ratio
USA 2
China 1.56
UK 2
Korea 3
New Zealand Infinity!

On the other hand we have
Germany 0.5
Russian Federation 0.2
Australia 0.083

Of course some variation is to be expected, but the range seems to be too large to be pure chance (maybe someone might like to do a statistical study on it).

What factors other than chance would account for the success of some countries in turning silver into gold, and the abysmal performance of some other (apparently similar) countries.

Also, why is the home team advantage so strong? I mean all the non-home atheletes are really, really trying their very best, aren't they?

08-05-2012, 04:18 PM	#1
SeelaypeKet Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 471 Senior Member	Gold / Silver ratio anomolies On the one hand we have: Country G/S ratio USA 2 China 1.56 UK 2 Korea 3 New Zealand Infinity! On the other hand we have Germany 0.5 Russian Federation 0.2 Australia 0.083 Of course some variation is to be expected, but the range seems to be too large to be pure chance (maybe someone might like to do a statistical study on it). What factors other than chance would account for the success of some countries in turning silver into gold, and the abysmal performance of some other (apparently similar) countries. Also, why is the home team advantage so strong? I mean all the non-home atheletes are really, really trying their very best, aren't they?
	Quote