Does anyone know any good sources for sample ballot/pairwise matrix data? <br>
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I'm looking for both degenerate cases/extremes, as well as real/realistic data. The more samples the better.<br>
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I have something I wrote that generates "random" ballots by giving each
candidate a random point in space (an x y and z value within a fixed
volume), and then each voter would get a random point in space, and
each ballot is put in order based on distance from the voter's point to
each candidate's point. This was helpful, but I don't think it
was entirely realistic (it sort of assumed that voters were
exceptionally rational), and very rarely produced elections without a
condorcet winner. There are various things that can be adjusted
to make it less regular and possibly more realistic (such as changing
the boundaries of the voter space and candidate space, or randomly
tweaking the distances prior to sorting them)....but still, its just a
guess as to what is realistic. I'd like something better if its
out there.<br>
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-rob<br>