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Was Andy right?

December 9, 2024 Daniel Oehm 0 Comments

It was a great television, and it got a lot of people asking, was Andy right? If not, what is […]

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Data Science Survivor

Are the chances of winning Survivor for some people getting better or worse?

July 19, 2024 Daniel Oehm 0 Comments

Following up on my previous post, where I estimated the chances of winning and making the final Tribal Council for […]

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Data Science Survivor

Who has the best chance of winning Survivor?

July 12, 2024 Daniel Oehm 0 Comments

This analysis is to see if particular demographics are more/less likely to win the season or at least make the […]

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Data Science Survivor

Can Jury Favorability Predict the Winner of Survivor?

June 21, 2024 Daniel Oehm 0 Comments

I bang on a fair bit about jury favorability and the number of votes with jury members. This is because […]

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R Survivor

The Sanctuary: Stats and data from {survivoR}

June 5, 2024 Daniel Oehm 0 Comments

I wanted a space to throw all my tables and charts made using the {survivoR} R package into, so I […]

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R Survivor

{survivoR} 2.3.3 is now available

May 30, 2024 Daniel Oehm 0 Comments

Wrapping up season 46 and time for another release of survivoR. A few new things in this release including two […]

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Data Science Survivor

Survivor Auction analysis: Should you bid on the first covered item?

January 6, 2024 Daniel Oehm 0 Comments

The Survivor Auction is classic. Seeing hungry people bid, win, and then binge on the food they just purchased is […]

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Data Science Survivor

Should we expect balanced confessional counts in Survivor?

November 12, 2023 Daniel Oehm 0 Comments

Confessional counts are highly scrutinised by the Survivor fandom. Fans don’t like seeing their favourites getting “purpled”. My feeling is […]

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R Survivor

survivoR 2.1.0 is now available

June 20, 2023 Daniel Oehm 0 Comments

Good news everyone! survivoR 2.1.0 is now available. The most exciting feature of this release is the new confessional timing app.

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Data Science Survivor

In Survivor is entering the merge down on numbers a disadvantage?

June 20, 2023 Daniel Oehm 0 Comments

It’s usually seen as beneficial to enter the merge with the numbers. Here’s an analysis in R with the survivoR package to see if this is true.

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Data Science Survivor

Do confessionals give away the winner of Survivor?

April 6, 2023 Daniel Oehm 0 Comments

Confessional counts are often great for indicating who the key players are in a season of Survivor. But do confessionals […]

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R Survivor

Survivor Confessionals Data: Dataset showcase for {survivoR}

July 30, 2022 Daniel Oehm 0 Comments

Confessionals loosely represent a player’s screen time where they talk strategy and replay events. It is an imperfect measure but […]

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Survivor Advantages: Dataset showcase for {survivoR}

June 10, 2022 Daniel Oehm 0 Comments

Advantages were introduced to Survivor to give players an edge and to shake up the strategy. A successful play can […]

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Data Science Survivor

Survivor Do or Die: Should you sit out or fight for immunity?

May 15, 2022 Daniel Oehm 0 Comments

Simulation analysis in R to determine the odds of success behind the Do or Die twist in Survivor

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Data Science R Survivor

survivoR v1.0 is now on CRAN

May 14, 2022 Daniel Oehm 0 Comments

I’m happy to announce that survivoR v1.0 is now on CRAN. The package now contains all the features intended for […]

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