On Dec 20, 2007 10:58 PM, Juho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Dec 21, 2007, at 3:24 , rob brown wrote:
> Median is often a nice way to pick the best best value, but as > discussed in other mails it is not always possible to set a numeric > value to solve a question. Of course it isn't. Who said it was? My question was IF we are voting a number (and I gave an example that I thought was simple), then would the median method be considered "ideal"? I fully understand that if we are voting for non-numbers (such as candidates), a method for voting for numbers isn't going to be effective. > Here's one example where numeric values > may bring some additional value to an election that is a choice > between two exclusive alternatives. You have moved it back to talking about electing discrete candidates, which I never suggested that median was good for...or at least isn't "perfect" for. In fact, I'll go out on a limb and say it is most certainly not. -rob ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
