On Sat, 27 Apr 2002, Richard Moore wrote: <snip>
> > I think in non-zero-info cases, if the inference is based on each > candidate's probable vote totals and margin of error from a reliable > Approval-style poll, then the inference is supported by statistical > evidence, [etc.] This brings up the question of what kind of information to try to get from polls. What if the polls could tell us (for each i and j) what percentage of the voters approve both candidates i and j. If that percentage is not close to the product of the percentages of approval for i and approval for j, it would tell us that that approval for i and j are statistically related; perhaps the nature of this relationship might be useful information for approval strategy. This information wouldn't require additional questionaires, only summing n*(n-1)/2 combinations from each existing questionaire (where n is the number of candidates). Forest ---- For more information about this list (subscribe, unsubscribe, FAQ, etc), please see http://www.eskimo.com/~robla/em
