Who is the world cheering for? 2014 FIFA WC winner predicted using Twitter feed (in R)
Sports are filled with emotions! Cheering of audience, reactions to events on various media channels are some of the factors, which make a huge impact on the mind of the players.
If people support you, your chances to win are greatly enhanced. Live example of this fact, are the statistics of Indian cricket team playing in India and abroad. The win rate of Indian cricket team in India is approximately twice the win rate abroad.
Football is again a game driven largely by emotions. Cards (Yellow/Red), have been kept in the game to limit these emotions. If you think about places, where people express their emotions, Facebook and Twitter come out on top of the list. In this article we will make a prediction using a simplistic algorithm on the winner of 2014 FIFA world cup. This prediction will be based on the emotions expressed by people on Twitter. The entire code