Mathematics of Voting

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Carla M

 

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March 17, 2014

 

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If we use the mathematical ?mode,? will tell us ?0? is the ?average? of this set. But the mathematical ?mean? is ?3,? and the ?median,? or the middle value, is ?0.5.? But with averages of ?0?, ?1? and ?3?, what is the true average? In the case of the first set of {2, 2, 2, 2}, the mean mode and median are identical, so 2 is clearly the average...
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So generally, if the mean, mode and median are in agreement or very close, we can make a good estimate of the ?average.? But if the mean, mode and median vary significantly, we are hard-pressed to choose one over the other and so that is why mathematicians use all three to describe a set of numbers. Unfortunately though, most political elections do not have the option of having three, or more distinct ?winners...
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