Or go back to the original Olympic structure and report ONLY
individual results.
On Mar 1, 2010, at 12:08 PM, Helweg-Larsen, Marie wrote:
I have always thought that medal counts should be divided by
population (Norway has about 4.5 million people). Here are some
interesting analyses of medal count by GNP.
Marie
http://www.stubbornmule.net/2008/08/olympics-by-gdp/
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Sent: Monday, March 01, 2010 10:29 AM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: [tips] Prof Buckland wins one for the Gipper
Actually, and even better, he wins one for the integrity of the
university educational system (in Britain, at least). Professor
Buckland defended the novel idea that "students did not
deserve to pass if they had not worked hard enough or simply
did not have the necessary ability to succeed".
Well done, Professor Buckland!
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/educationnews/7307909/U
niversity-lecturer-who-resigned-in-protest-at-dumbing-down-
was-unfairly-treated.html or http://tinyurl.com/ykh7pw7
And while we're on the subject of winning, allow me to slip in this
modest observation on the recently-concluded Winter Olympics.
Canada, with one-tenth the population of the USA and one-
quarter the population of Russia, managed to win more gold
medals that both of those powerful countries combined. Canada
also won more gold medals than any other country in Winter
Olympic history.
It is not in the nature of Canadians to kvell, despite the
aberration of that embarrassing and cringe-inducing "Own the
podium" campaign, but I imagine we can be forgiven just this
one time. We're sorry. We'll try not to mention it again.
Stephen
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Bishop's University
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