"Robert J. MacG. Dawson" wrote: > > Peter Lewycky wrote: > > > > How many may have wanted to vote for Buchanan but got Gore instead? and I responded: > > Assuming that errors take place at the same rates, [rather than making > any unwarranted and invidious assumptions about relative intelligence of > Buchanan > and Gore voters], and assuming that (as the regression model suggests) > about > 2500 of the 3407 Buchanan votes were intended for Gore, the answer is > about 1 in 1,000 > intended votes - that is to say, 1. Correction: that should have read "about 1 in 100 - that is to say, 10" -Robert Dawson ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list and remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES are available at http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ =================================================================
- Re: Stats on Palm Beach votes Rich Ulrich
- RE: Stats on Palm Beach votes Simon, Steve, PhD
- Re: Stats on Palm Beach votes Robert J. MacG. Dawson
- Re: Stats on Palm Beach votes Peter Lewycky
- Re: Stats on Palm Beach votes Jerry Dallal
- Re: Stats on Palm Beach votes Robert Chung
- Re: Stats on Palm Beach votes Peter Lewycky
- Re: Stats on Palm Beach votes Avi Julie
- Re: Stats on Palm Beach votes Robert J. MacG. Dawson
- RE: Stats on Palm Beach votes Eric Scharin
- Re: Stats on Palm Beach votes Robert J. MacG. Dawson
- Re: Stats on Palm Beach votes Peter Lewycky
- Re: Stats on Palm Beach votes dennis roberts
- Re: Stats on Palm Beach votes dennis roberts
- Re: Stats on Palm Beach votes dennis roberts
- Re: Stats on Palm Beach votes Robert Chung
- Re: Stats on Palm Beach votes Reg Jordan
- Re: Stats on Palm Beach votes dennis roberts
- Re: Stats on Palm Beach votes SteveKern
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- Re: Stats on Palm Beach votes Reg Jordan