1. Is C socially preferable to A? ___Yes 2. Is tossing a coin to decide between A and B socially preferable to A? ___Yes
3. Is C socially preferable to tossing a coin to decide between A and B? ___No, although asymptotically the added variety of a lottery like (A+B+C)/3 might be preferable. Forest Jobst wrote ... >Hello folks, > >I would be very glad if all of you would take one minute's time to answer this very simple email poll! > >Consider a situation with three options A,B,C and only two voters, whose ratings* are as follows: > >voter 1: A 100, C 50, B 0 >voter 2: B 100, C 50, A 0 > >Now please answer these three questions with "yes" or "no": > >1. Is C socially preferable to A? ___ > >2. Is tossing a coin to decide between A and B socially preferable to A? ___ > >3. Is C socially preferable to tossing a coin to decide between A and B? ___ > >Thank you very much! >Jobst > >*If you want, you may interpret the ratings as the best information we have about "individual utility". > ---- election-methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
