From 3f040ac7ca64948397e374be96ff917e7d8e7519 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Daniel Svitan Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2025 08:56:17 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] :memo: Adds about the SOC section to README --- README.md | 12 +++++++++++- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 5ca4343..a4f2b30 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -8,6 +8,16 @@ I have been made aware of the bias in the state round, but I wanted to see for m I was quite outraged by the results, so I decided to see if there is some statistical evidence to back up the claims of bias. +## About the SOC + +The SOC is an annual competition, it stands for "Stredoškolská Odborná Činnosť" (translates as High school Research Paper), students submit their papers to their school and then go on to the county round. In this round, only 3 places are awarded, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd, and only 1st and 2nd go on to the state round. + +This competition is split into separate categories, like history, math, electronics, etc, and there are 17 categories overall. On the D-Day, students defend their papers in front of a commission of three teachers (I still don't understand why it's teachers instead of scientists or researchers) and are given the results the next day. + +There are eight counties overall, each sending two representatives (1st and 2nd place) from each category to the state round. There, each category has 16 competitors (8 * 2), all of them having won their county round. The same procedure follows, defense, evaluation, results next day. However, this time, there are five places instead of three. + +SOC 2025 took place in Košice over the period of three days. We arrived on Monday, 2025-04-14. On Tuesday, 2025-04-15, we defended our papers, having only one break and afterwards being provided lunch. On Wednesday, 2025-04-16, we received the results and traveled back to our hometowns. + ## Statistics This project is being written in 2025 and I have only collected data from 2017 to 2025 (including), so if you're reading this a couple of years later, this may not be relevant. @@ -19,7 +29,7 @@ We conducted two statistical tests: ### First test -The following data represents how many times a county won (any place): +The following data represents how many times a county won (any place - out of five places): ``` BA - 75