http://crookedtimber.org/2004/12/11/voting-error-in-the-2004-elections/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Sun, 22 Nov 2009 02:52:26 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://crookedtimber.org/2004/12/11/voting-error-in-the-2004-elections/comment-page-1/#comment-53883 Pete Mon, 13 Dec 2004 04:44:06 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=2633#comment-53883 isn't it sort of important to mention that they are calculating error rates using the 2000 MIT/CalTech numbers associated with the various voting techniques ("If we assume that the same machines had the same error rates in 2004 as they did in 2000...")? It seems to me that 4 years is a long time technologically speaking... I agree it seems like a great way to keep students involved, but I guess I will provide feedback to them that although they have carefully described the assumptions made in their methodology, these numbers may be mistreated as more fact than guesstimate as the data gets picked up. isn’t it sort of important to mention that they are calculating error rates using the 2000 MIT/CalTech numbers associated with the various voting techniques (“If we assume that the same machines had the same error rates in 2004 as they did in 2000…”)? It seems to me that 4 years is a long time technologically speaking… I agree it seems like a great way to keep students involved, but I guess I will provide feedback to them that although they have carefully described the assumptions made in their methodology, these numbers may be mistreated as more fact than guesstimate as the data gets picked up.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2004/12/11/voting-error-in-the-2004-elections/comment-page-1/#comment-53882 pedro Sat, 11 Dec 2004 01:42:57 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/wp/?p=2633#comment-53882 wow, one degree of separation, Eszter. Philip and I met a few years ago in Chicago. Really nice guy. wow, one degree of separation, Eszter. Philip and I met a few years ago in Chicago. Really nice guy.

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