Alex Fischer Flagpoll Statistics

*"How many of these are we doing?"*

*--Alex Fischer*

**Alex Fischer** was one of the seven voters in Flagpoll, and one of eleven in Flagpoll 2. He is noted for his unpredictable votes and for giving Pocatello's old flag a 7. He continued these habits in Flagpoll 2, while also adding a love for any wave or ocean imagery.

## Statistics

**Mean Score:** 5.316

**Standard Deviation:** 1.772

**Average Error:** 1.151

**Model Adjusted R2:** 0.1430

**Projected top flag:** Indianapolis- 7.5 (7)

**Projected bottom flag:** Perry County- 2.3 (2)

**Surprising High Vote:** South Africa - 5.4 (10)

**Surprising Low Vote:** Goliad- 5.7 (1)

**Likes:** Animals That Are Not Eagles, Crowns, Light Blue

**Dislikes:** Horizontal Stripes, Eagles, Green

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

* Goliad (1; 6.9)
* Northern Savonia (2; 7.0)
* Pocatello (old) (7; 2.0)
* Tuvalu (9; 4.0)
* Yamaguchi (2; 6.7)

## Flagpoll 2 Statistics

**Emoji tag:** :banana:

**Fun fact:** Alex gave a 4.0 average to Liberian counties, while all other voters averaged a 2.2

**Average score:** 5.334

**Standard deviation:** 1.686

**Average error:** 1.278

**Model R^2:** 0.107 (by far the least predictive)

**Projected top flag:** Ecuador - 7.1 (6)

**Projected bottom flag:** Perry County - 2.9 (4)

**Surprising high vote:** South Africa - 5.1 (10)

**Surprising low vote:** Dingli - 5.4 (1)

**Likes:** Animals, Light Blue, Castles

**Dislikes:** Red, Orange, Text

**Largest outlier votes (vote; average):**

1. British Indian Ocean (9; 3.6)
2. Fiji (8; 3.1)
3. Dnipropetrovsk: (8; 3.4)
4. Proud to be Pocatello: (6; 1.6)
5. Maryland County: (7; 2.6)

## Eulogy

Alex Fischer is a 6th grade math teacher from the small town of Saline Michigan but lived in Ypsilanti Michigan up until 3rd grade.

Alex started his college career at Washtenaw Community College and transferred to the University of Michigan obtaining his B.A. in Psychology. During his time at Michigan, he joined MSABR as well as played one year on the men’s club water polo team. He is very thankful and fortunate to have so many lifelong friends in MSABR.

Additionally, during undergrad, Alex worked in a biomedical laboratory looking at the effects of omega 3 fish oils on inflammation and in educational psychology examining the concept of mind wandering. After graduation, Alex spent two years in Bridgeport Connecticut working in AmeriCorps as a teaching assistant. He also was able to complete an alternate route of teaching certification program in elementary education. After the two years, he then spent a year or so teaching in New York City and is now back in Connecticut.

Alex is a lifelong Detroit sports fan, Michigan sports fan and was a Patriots fan while Tom Brady was under the helm.

In his free time, Alex enjoys playing ultimate frisbee, bike rides, hiking, playing video games and cooking. His favorite meal to cook is chicken piccata because he loves the sweetness of the lemon and brininess of the capers.

Ohh, and the origin of the banana suit

So I basically was at a friends place in high school watching the mens national championship when UCONN was in it with Shabazz Napier, so 2014. My friend for some reason had a banana suit downstairs because he was that for Halloween or something. I was like "Yo, this would mad funny to put on" that's it. Snapped a pic and was like, why not make it the profile picture

## Flag Results

### FlagVote 3

**Round 1:** Win over (669) Weert 9-2

**Round 2:** Loss to (157) Croatia 10-1

## Gallery

Alex's vote distribution FP1Alex's model output