survivoR now includes US50 and AU12
After a couple of big seasons survivoR v2.3.12 has been updated with US50 and AU12. Get it on: As of […]
Category: Statistics
Are the chances of being voted out next higher if you are in the minority after a tribe swap?
Intuitively, you’d say, “yeah, of course they are on the chopping block”. But you can also hypothesise reasons where being […]
Quick Guide: Group Jackknife Variance Estimation
What is the Group Jackknife? The group jackknife is a resampling technique that estimates the variance of any statistic. This […]
Does winning back-to-back individual immunity challenges decrease your chances of surviving the next Tribal Councils?
The narrative tends to be “they’re just going to win all the challenges, we have to vote them out now!”. […]
How important is it to be on the right side of the vote after merge?
Survivor players are pretty savvy these days and know the importance of being on the right side of the vote […]
You win chickens at a reward challenge. What do you do?
In episode 5 of Survivor 49 we saw another instance of a tribe winning a rooster and three egg laying […]
In Survivor, there’s one group that needs more love
During my previous post using the Survivor Fact Checkers popularity poll data, a few things stood out. There was at […]
Is Star the most popular, under-edited player in Survivor?
Kosta, the Survivor Fact Checker, was kind enough to share some data with me to test two hypotheses: The reason […]
Do winners get more confessionals?
Does the person with the most confessionals win the season? That’s a clear no. A better question is, do winners […]
Alone Australia Season 3 Wrap Up
In the third season of Alone Australia, ten survivalists were abandoned in the remote and unforgiving wilderness of Tasmania’s West […]
Castaway Scores: Who is the Best Survivor Player of All Time?
There have been some legendary players over the 25 years and 48 seasons – Boston Rob, Sandra, Tony, Ozzy, Cirie, […]
📦 {alone} v0.6 is now available
Alone: Australia season 3 has finished and has been added to the {alone} R package 👍 Season 3 was awesome. […]
Do Jurors Vote for their Alliance at the Final Tribal Council?
After Season 46 I wrote a post about if ‘Jury Favourability’ can predict the winner of Survivor. It showed that […]
Is there a problem with double eliminations?
Just after the double elimination episode of season 48, posts like this were doing the rounds. The double raised eyebrow […]
Is it disadvantageous to win the first individual immunity challenge?
No player in Australian Survivor history has won the first individual immunity challenge and gone on to win the game. […]
