Re: Thoughts on majority potential simulations

[Richard Moore]

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I have a couple of questions:

How will you deal with a situation in which there are, say,
ten variables, all correlated, but none colinear?

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How will you deal with the fact that different voters will be
positioning candidates in different spaces, with different
scales and different dimensions?

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I imagine a good way to deal with these issues would be to
ignore them.

Exactly my plan.

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  After all, if the model were to take these into
account fully, it would probably be necessary to construct a
smaller, simpler model to describe it.

Of course, it's not really possible for a sim to take into account the
infinite variations that are possible. I will just try to model things
to what I believe to be a sufficient level of accuracy and complexity.
Any conclusions that can be drawn must be drawn with an understanding
of the simulation's limitations.

Richard