Radford Neal wrote:
> I assume that they do have a "no vote" category. But one wouldn't
> expect that all real "no votes" get put in that category. Some must
> get counted as votes. If the procedure is unbiased, the ballots that
> are actually "no votes", but that are counted as votes should split
> equally. Plus, there are the ballots that actually were meant as
> votes, but which are misassigned.
I'd disagree with the "some must get counted as votes" point. Some may, but it
would depend on people's capacity to discriminate between them. If d' is good
then few votes should be missassigned.
Thom
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