[EM] Completion methods for Smith Sets

Michael Rouse mrouse at cdsnet.net
Mon Jun 18 00:01:54 PDT 2001


At 11:30 PM 6/17/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>then each tied candidate gets a partial vote for each equivalent position, 
>in this case a half point for first and a half point for second place. If 
>someone has three people ranked at fourth place, then each has 1/3 of a 
>point for fourth, 1/3 of a point for fourth, and 1/3 of a point for fifth.

ARRGH! I thought I proofread it! It should read 1/3 of a point for fourth, 
1/3 of a point for fifth, and 1/3 of a point for sixth. Sorry for any 
confusion.

>Michael Rouse
>mrouse at cdsnet.net



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