I use the data collected by a water charity to estimate to cost of providing access to water in the developing world.
Author: Jacob Falkovich
I tried to be a magazine writer, mathematician, and stand up comedian. Now I just write a blog with math and jokes.
I conclude the soccer series with an exploration of a variety of things that could affect soccer level.
The Other Path When you ask for truth and are offered illusion, When senses deceive you and reasoning lies I'll show you the path through the murky confusion, Just follow and close your eyes. On matters of fact, there's no fact of the matter, All moral and virtue are fashion and fad, So dress in the … Continue reading The Other Path
This is part 2 of a series about the statistics of global soccer performance, part 1 is here. A Picture with a Thousand Words on It The point of this week's post was to get to this chart, showing how good each country is at soccer independent of population and region of the world: You are … Continue reading Footballinear Socceregression
Isn't it strange that the Chinese aren't world champions in every single team sport? Here's why it's strange: China has 19% of the world's population. For individual sports that may not be a huge deal: if tennis ability and opportunity are distributed equally around the world, there would be only a 19% chance that the best … Continue reading Tails of Great Soccer Players
This blog lives by a two-part creed: You can put a number on anything if you try hard enough (number quality not guaranteed, see store for details). Once you put a number on something, you improve your understanding and decision making (even if the number isn't of prime quality). At the core of this belief is the idea that … Continue reading We Hold These Truths
Ladies, gentlemen, and cats walking randomly on keyboards: welcome to Putanumonit, the blog that puts a number on it. I have just written a long post detailing the philosophy and goals of this blog. This is not that post. Between us, philosophy just isn’t the most exciting subject for our first date. Let us instead grab a … Continue reading A Quantitative Introduction to Successful Blogging
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