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<p>The Olympic Movement prides itself on excellence, friendship and fairness. However, the Olympic Games suffers the issue of Olympic Dynasties, where certain countries dominate the same events over and over again. The excessive dominance in some sports puts to question the fairness of the Olympics. Via The Olympiad, the visualizations seek to provide a detailed overview on every participating country's performance in the history of the Olympics Games. Through these visualizations, specific trends such as Home Court Advantage could be observed.</p>
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<p>The Olympic Movement prides itself on excellence, friendship and fairness. However, the Olympic Games suffers the issue of Olympic Dynasties, where certain countries dominate the same events over and over again. The excessive dominance in some sports puts to question the fairness of the Olympics. Via The Olympiad, the visualisations seek to provide a detailed overview on every participating country's performance in the history of the Olympics Games. Through these visualisations, specific trends such as Home Court Advantage could be observed as well.</p>
  
 
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Revision as of 21:25, 18 November 2018

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INTRODUCTION

The Olympic Games can be traced back to 776BC and were dedicated to the gods of Olympia. Today, the Olympic Games has become the world’s largest sports competition, with more than 200 nations participating every four years. The Olympic Games provide an international platform for sportsmen from all walks of life and origins to display their skills and be rewarded for their persistence and dedication to the sport. All athletes participating in the Olympics stand a chance to attain national and possibly, international fame.

PROBLEM & MOTIVATION

The Olympic Movement prides itself on excellence, friendship and fairness. However, the Olympic Games suffers the issue of Olympic Dynasties, where certain countries dominate the same events over and over again. The excessive dominance in some sports puts to question the fairness of the Olympics. Via The Olympiad, the visualisations seek to provide a detailed overview on every participating country's performance in the history of the Olympics Games. Through these visualisations, specific trends such as Home Court Advantage could be observed as well.

Objectives

The goal of this project is to create a visualisation that educates the public about the:

  1. Severity of Dominance of Continents in various sports
  2. Severity of Dominance of Countries in various sports
  3. Severity of Bias for the Host Country
Dataset
Athletes and Results
Medal results, and basic biological data of participants of the Athens 1896 to Rio 2016 Games. | Source
Variable Name Data Type Sample
ID integer, primary key 1
Name string Lebron James
Sex string M
Age integer 24
Height integer 180
Weight integer 80
Team string United States
NOC string USA
Year date 1992
Season string Summer
City string Barcelona
Sport string Basketball
Event string Basketball Men's Basketball
Medal string Gold
NOC Code and Country
National Olympic Committee 3 letter code for each country | Source
Variable Name Data Type Sample
NOC Code string AHO
Country string Curacao
Notes string Netherlands Antilles
World Countries and Continents Details
World countries with their corresponding continents , official english names, official french names, Dial,ITU,Languages and so on. | Source
Variable Name Data Type Sample
Name string Afghanistan
Continent string AS
Host Countries for past Olympic Seasons
Olympic seasons along with data on the world countries which hosted it, the year and the city it was held in | Source
Variable Name Data Type Sample
City string Athens
Country string Greece
Year date 1896
Background Survey of Related Works
Winter Olympics 2018: Which Country Leads in the Medal Count?
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Description
The best country in the Olympics is a subjective statement, and often depends on how one counts the worth of a medal. A gold medal could be worth 200 silver medals or could be equal in terms of value. In this visualisation by Josh Katz, the countries are ranked by ingenious use of interactivity – as the reader hovers over the charts, the worth of the medals change, and the rankings of the countries are dynamically updated.
Learning Points
During our search of Olympic Dynasties, it is important to realise that the rankings of countries are subjective, and therefore, the definition of dominance is subjective. Using advanced methods of interaction, we can cater to various definitions of dominance by varying the inclusion or exclusion of silver and bronze medals.
Source
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/02/14/upshot/which-country-leads-in-the-olympic-medal-count.html
Chicago’s Murder Problem
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Description
This time-series shows the severity of Chicago's murder issues, and compares it with two other states, New York City and Los Angeles.
Learning Points
  • use of text when a specific state is highlighted
  • use colour to make the relevant state stand out
Source
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/05/18/us/chicago-murder-problem.html
Olympic Feathers
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Description
More than 5000 Olympic events have had a winner in the Summer Olympics since the first games of 1896. In Olympic Feathers you can investigate how each of these medals has been won in the 56 different sporting disciplines that have competed at the games, of which 41 are still held at Rio 2016.
Learning Points
  • using a "sunburst" style time-series is extremely effective in showing year-by-year change
  • combine sports by a certain theme
  • use mini arcs to display medals
Source
https://www.visualcinnamon.com/portfolio/olympic-feathers
Russia's surprise meteor and Earth's craters
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Description
This map uses proportional symbols to represent the largest known craters to have marked our Earth. The legend shows two sizes that are representative of symbol sizes on the map. The largest crater is 99.4 miles in diameter (in South Africa) and, appropriately, the largest symbol size used in the legend represents a crater with a 99-mile diameter. The smaller symbol in the legend represents a 20-mile diameter, and although there are craters with smaller diameters on the map, it is easier to visually see the differences with smaller symbol sizes. The earth is marked with about 180 named craters that are scars from previous run-ins with asteroids like the one that exploded over Russia recently. This map was designed to be interactive, as the map user can hover over the symbols and see the particular size, place and age of the craters.
Learning Points
  • Magnitudes of a variable can be represented by the size of dots. We can potentially use this concept to display medal count for each country
  • Highlights the importance of an example in the legend to provide a point of reference for the dot size. Basically, we should provide a visual guide.
Source
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/special/world/russia-meteor/index.html
Predicting the Next Bear Market in Six Charts
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Description
This is an e-article by The Wall Street Journal that incorporates journalism and news-reporting with visualisations, providing the reader a data-driven view, while providing a standard text-based reporting style.
Learning Points
  • Instead of the typical dashboard to display visualisations, we can incorporate a "newsarticle" format
Source
https://www.wsj.com/graphics/bear-market-signs/?ns=prod/accounts-wsj

Note: Wall Street Journal account is required

Proposed Storyboard