Football Statistics Project Introduction ------------ I have chosen to base my project on football statistics because they are both readily available and interesting enough for deep analysis. As a starting point I decided to look at the generally accepted theory of 'Home Advantage'. Home advantage, or the tendency for the home team to do better than they would away, could have several causes. It could be partly psychological - the home team would almost always have the majority of
for performing what tasks? Well look no further because football managers can earn this and more yearly. The Portuguese manager and self-proclaimed 'Special One' Jose Mourinho earns £11.7m a year, with Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini in second place making £10.8m. Former Chelsea manager Luis Felipe Scolari, now coaching at little-known big spenders Bunyodkor in Uzbekistan, comes in third earning £8.5m. These earnings are because football managers are directly responsible for the performance
The greatest footballing country on the planet is Brazil. Brazil is a country that wins 80% of its football matches. They have a record five Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) World Cups, eight Confederação Sul-Americana de Futebol (CONMEBOL) Copa Ameríca titles, and three FIFA Confederations Cup titles have created a football giant. How did a country on the periphery like Brazil become so dominant? What were the patterns of continuity and change that created this footballing
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reflects upon English and other subjects which are literacy based. In reference to the statistics of the Department of Education (DFE), the gap between the percentage of girls and boys achieving 5 or more GCSEs grades A* to C or equivalent including English and Mathematics GCSEs is 9.5 percentage points with 63.6 % of girls achieving this indicator compared to 54.2% of boys. In 2007-2008 the gender gap widened by 1.4 percentage point with girls outperforming boys by 14% in English, 16% in Design
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School reforms are not a new concept or trend; they have been developing since our nation’s educational system was founded. School reforms are an attempt to make the education system better; in effect, making our children more prepared to compete globally. The school reform that I have decided to research is single-gender schooling. This is the idea that students perform better academically when they are in classrooms with only classmates of the same sex. I have only had one (experimental) class
not it is meant to be derogatory or funny. From the example above, is someone were to call me an “Iowafag” because I am from Iowa therefore I date my cousin; it would be viewed as negative. However, if being called an “Iowafag” means I care if the football teams, then it would be neutral or positive. The popular television show on Comedy Central, South Park based the episode of the changing meaning of the word “fag”. The episode, titled The F Word the boy get in trouble for calling people fags.