<div>Much has been said here lately about MCA methods. French professors Michel Balinski and Rida Laraki have just published a book about an MCA method, the Majority Judgment:</div><div><a href="http://amzn.com/0262015137">http://amzn.com/0262015137</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>As with all MCA methods, if there is a unique candidate who has the highest median grade, he is the winner. Here are some other details:</div><div><br></div><div>- If there are an even number of voters, the lower of the two middle grades is used instead of the arithmetic median (which is the average of the two middle grades).</div>
<div><br></div><div>- Ties are broken by removing one copy of the median grade from the set of votes and repeating.</div><div><br></div><div>- They argue for using six grades, specified lingustically not numerically. They suggest: Excellent, Very Good, Good, Acceptable, Poor, and To Reject</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Andy Jennings</div><div><br></div><div><br></div>