Re: NY Times on "statisticians' view" of election

[Robert Chung]

"Rich Ulrich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> Oh! that's interesting.  I was picturing the *cards*  as the source of
> variance.

> Even if manufacturing control is
> good, I bet that a dry-and-crisp card is  voted with fewer errors than
> a card  exposed for long to Florida's 100% humidity.

Oh yeah, I forgot that one, and that's the example I was giving
to my wife yesterday. Perhaps humidity varied depending
whether the polling place was in a relatively modern heating
and air conditioning system or in the basement of an
old underfunded church (which is the kind of place I've
been voting for the last several elections).




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