Being given a green light from a Mod, I was told that this will be the best place for this sort of thing. With that said, let's get down to business.
So, NS Stats! Ahh, some of us don't like it, some of us use it, some of us add modifiers to it to better reflect our nation. With that said, one thing is for sure, that the NS Stats are interesting breeds, and sometimes, you have trends that are obvious, or surprising, or sometimes... actually none at all and might not be related.
And I am going to find these trends!
Join me as we go through each of the "X against Y" trends, and we will find out what kind of secret relationships, if any, these stats have.
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Data collection / Disclaimer:
NationStates API is used and the API rate limit followed. The rate limit is 50 requests per 30 seconds (1.6667 requests per second). Using Python, I managed to procure up .csv data from the API, at a rate of around 0.3 - 0.6 requests per second using some delay timers. The data is then processed through an Excel file where I sort, create charts, and the like. I might put in more data as I go along, but this seems like a pretty promising sample space!
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I hope that this will spark some interest in the world of NS Stats, even if it is not too useful to check your outcome. It's a pretty fun exercise for me. ^^
I will give some time to discuss on the posted trend, and when the time is right, or when I'm free, or when the discussion slowed down. If any of those happens, I will move to a new trend. Though, if there's interest, I will re-visit the previous trends with more data. After all, this will be a dynamic project!
Moving on to a different trend doesn't mean that the discussion for that trend is over; you can still talk about it, but just that there will be more talk on the most recent trend posted.
Let's get started!