The "Turkey" problem (Re: [EM] 2-rank and N-rank Condorcet)

[josh at narins.net]

On Thu, May 08, 2003 at 01:07:22PM -0700, Forest Simmons wrote:
> On Sun, 4 May 2003 josh at narins.net wrote:
> 
> >
> > The Social Sciences have repeatedly held that people most prefer 7.
> >
> > Agree strongly
> > Agree
> > Agree weakly
> > Neutral
> > Disagree weakly
> > Disagree
> > Disagree strongly
> >
> >
> > I read it again just recently, somewhere.
> 
> Which election method did the social scientists use to determine that this
> was the scale preferred by the majority, and what were the other
> candidates (choices) in the election?

Sorry, I don't remember.

The class was "Research Methods in the Social Sciences"

You _can_ bet the result was statistically significant :-D