Ok, no intention to say that our mails would be somehow incompatible. Median is perfect for many uses.
Juho On Dec 21, 2007, at 9:08 , rob brown wrote: > 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 ---- Election-Methods mailing list - see http://electorama.com/em for list info
