📝 Adds about the SOC section to README

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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. 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 ## 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. 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.
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### First test ### 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):
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BA - 75 BA - 75