[openbeos] Re: Icon Contest Results Math
- From: "Meanwhile -" <meanwhile@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2006 19:31:34 +0800
...and if you would set it up with "--" as default, you still have this issue
to solve:
Example:
Voter A votes a 0 to 4 value on just one statement (let's say he votes 3) and
doesn't care about the rest of the
statements. Average would then be 3.
Voter B votes values for all statements with an average of 3.
Now instead of warning voter A he should vote for all statements or even not
allowing him to go on voting if he
doesn't do so (--> risk of getting unmotivated votes), an extra system can be
implemented on top of the existing
one to value a voter's votes according to the number of statements he voted 0
to 4 on.
Although what's left is the uneasy assumption that blank votes = unmotivated
votes...which isn't true, but the
chance that in a contest like this a blank vote is motivated isn't as large as
in a political election, for example.
And the statements aren't controversial, I think.
Meanwhile
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Meanwhile -" <meanwhile@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [openbeos] Re: Icon Contest Results Math
> Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2006 17:28:53 +0800
>
>
> Hello Petter,
>
> Hmm, the default choice should have been: -- (a.k.a. a blank vote,
> meaning: abstain from voting).
>
> My conclusion is :if this option isn't given, there's no way of
> calculating an overall average per set.
>
> I hope I am wrong but I came to this after first trying to find a
> way of spreading the differences between average
> one and average two, taking into account the total number of
> statements, the total number of voters and the
> average between highest possible score a single voter can give and
> lowest possible score a single voter can give.
>
> But to calculate this 'lowest possible score a single voter can
> give', you'd need to be able to say which lowest value
> (0) the voter gave for a statement was deliberately chosen and which wasn't.
>
> As the default is 0 now, that's impossible.
>
> Again: I really hope I am wrong, but I'm willing to risc ridicule
> because in case the election had to be started over,
> it's: the sooner the better.
>
> Hoping for more reactions from others,
>
> Meanwhile
>
>
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Petter Holt Juliussen" <post@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [openbeos] Re: Icon Contest Results Math
> > Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2006 09:00:31 +0200
> >
> >
> > Petter Holt Juliussen wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I'm working on the results page now and I am wondering if I >
> > should count "not voted" as 0, or should I try to skip those?
> > Another example to clearify:
> >
> > - 3 sets
> > - 4 voters
> > - To make it simpler; there are only 1 statement per set.
> >
> > Set 1:
> > Voters: 3 of the 4
> > Vote sum: 3 + 2 + 4 = 9
> > Average one: 9 divided on 3 voters = 9 / 3 = 3
> > Average two: 9 divided on 4 voters = 9 / 4 = 2,3
> >
> > Set 2:
> > Voters: 1 of the 4
> > Vote sum: 3 = 3
> > Average one: 3 divided on 1 voters = 3 / 1 = 3
> > Average two: 3 divided on 4 voters = 3 / 4 = 0,8
> >
> > Set 3:
> > Voters: 0 of the 4
> > Vote sum: 0
> > Average one: 0 divided on 0 voters = 0 / 0 = --
> > Average two: 0 divided on 4 voters = 0 / 4 = 0
> >
> >
> > Should we go for average one, or average two? As you can see, the
> > results differ a lot. If we go for average one, you can see
> > that Set 1 and Set 2 have the same average and are ranked the
> > same although only 1 did vote on Set 2 opposed to 3 on Set 1.
> >
> > This boils down to: Should those who don't vote on a set at all
> > count as vote 0 in th overall average?
> >
> >
> > Petter
>
> >
>
>
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