Who will win2010 FIFA World Cup? [350 votes total] | |
| Germany (105) |  30.0% |
| Brazil (68) | 19.4% |
| Spain (61) | 17.4% |
| Argentina (55) | 15.7% |
| Nederlands (51) | 14.6% |
| Uruguay (4) | 1.1% |
| Ghana (4) | 1.1% |
| Paraguay (2) | 0.6% |
KDnuggets readers were better fans than predictors, since only 17% correctly predicted Spain as the eventual winner of the FIFA World Cup.
In this case, data mining and bayesian forecasting were beaten by
"Paul", the German Octopus
who correctly predicted all games by Germany and the
World Cup Final victory for Spain.
There is now even an iPhone app for asking "Paul" for other predictions.