Andrew Beaudoin Flagpoll Statistics

*"I'm no establishment vexillologist"*

*--Andrew Beaudoin*

**Andrew Beaudoin** was one of seven voters in Flagpoll, and one of eleven during Flagpoll 2. He was noted for frequently voting inconsistently with his Flagpoll ratings as well as being the driving voice behind leaving both Faroe Islands flags in the bracket during the 2 Faroe 2 Islands controversy. His inconsistency extended to Flagpoll 2, where his voting habits were marked by large increases or decreases in scores given to flags in the original Flagpoll.

## Statistics

**Mean Score:** 5.453

**Standard Deviation:** 1.897

**Average Error:** 1.224

**Model Adjusted R2:** 0.2403

**Projected top flag:** Amapá- 7.3 (8)

**Projected bottom flag:** New Mexico 1915-1925- 1.8 (1)

**Surprising High Vote:** Canada - 4.2 (9)

**Surprising Low Vote:** Easter Island- 6.2 (2)

**Likes:** Icons, Coats of Arms, Dark Blue

**Dislikes:** Vertical Stripes, Plants, Red

**Largest Outlier Votes (vote; average)**

* Wales (3; 7.7)
* Scotland (3; 7.4)
* Northern Territory (9; 4.9)
* Murmansk (10; 6.0)
* Brittany (9; 5.1)

## Flagpoll 2 Statistics

Emoji tag: :andrew:

Fun fact: Though Andrew’s total score change of +24 was by far the closest to 0, this is largely due to his large increases and large decreases balancing each other out. In fact, when adding the absolute value differences, Andrew was second only to Yuki in changing his mind the most

Average score: 5.452

Standard deviation: 2.017

Average error: 1.146

Model R^2: 0.208

Projected top flag: Ecuador Navy - 7.4 (7)

Projected bottom flag: Lofa County - 0.7 (1)

Surprising high vote: Maori - 5.6 (10)

Surprising low vote: Friesland - 6.4 (2)

Likes: Eagles, Icons, White

Dislikes: Cantons, Animals That Are Not Eagles, Boats

Largest outlier votes (vote; average):

1. Izmail (9; 4.5)
2. Somalia (2; 6.2)
3. Pyeongchang (8; 4.2)
4. Yuki (1; 4.7)
5. Tierra del Fuego (9; 5.3)

## Eulogy

*By Andrew Beaudoin*

Andrew Beaudoin hails from the booming metropolis of Monument, Colorado. Originally born in North Carolina, he moved to Colorado in late 2000 and is proud to call it his home. He grew up following his dad’s rooting interests (:michigan:,:tigers:, :redwings:), but fell in love with the Colorado teams as he aged. Having lots of family in Michigan, he decided to attend the University of Michigan for his undergrad. There he met @Gregory Severin in Linguistics 210 (shoutout Natasha Abner) and quickly became friends after chatting about baseball before and after class. Greg introduced Andrew to MSABR, and though he was only able to attend a few meetings thanks to other extracurricular pursuits, the rest is history.

Professionally, Andrew is a microbiologist. He’s fascinated by the smallest organisms and how they cause disease. In his undergrad he worked in a bioinformatics lab, studying dynamics of the gut microbiome during C. difficile infection. After college, he moved to NYC to work at the Rockefeller University in a stem cell lab researching Huntington’s Disease. This fall, he’ll start working on his PhD in Microbiology at a university yet to be determined. When he’s got free time, you can find Andrew playing Chel or The Show, making cocktails, or losing in racquet sports.

## Flag Results

### FlagVote 3

**Round 1:** Win over (663) Balearic Islands 9-1

**Round 2:** Loss to (151) Leninogorsk 6-5

## Gallery

Andrew's vote distribution FP1Andrew's model outputsAndrew's vote distribution FP2