Strictly Come Dancing is Strictly Unfair

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Jen Rogers is a statistics researcher and lecturer at the University of Oxford. https://www.jenniferrogers.co.uk/ We chat about how the scoring system works on Strictly Come Dancing (“Dancing With the Stars” in the USA and other countries). The UK system for dealing with ties is unfair! Jen and I do Maths Inspiration shows together. http://www.mathsinspiration.com/ We’re out doing The Curious Coincidence of Maths in the Daytime in Melbourne next February. https://www.artscentremelbourne.com.au/whats-on/2018/education/curious-maths-in-the-day-time Results from Judges votes Saturday 2 December 2017 Joint first: Alexandra & Gorka Joint first: Debbie & Giovanni Second place: Joe & Katya Third place: Mollie & AJ Joint last: Gemma & Aljaž Joint last: Davood & Nadiya http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/strictlycomedancing/entries/34fb3f42-2210-4080-a01f-962719269386 After being combined with the audience rankings the bottom two were Alexandra & Gorka and Davood & Nadiya. But if the ties were done properly that could have been Gemma & Aljaž instead of Alexandra & Gorka. If you have a way to get us the data from the BBC, send me an anonymous email! [email protected] CORRECTIONS: - Shimassi and others have made very important points about how this system favours the public vote. Because a tie means the judges accidentally give extra points to the contestants they’re trying to rank at the bottom. This is my fault for not being clear enough. When we said things like “skewing it towa

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