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From: Gregory Piatetsky-Shapiro gps
Date: Mon, 04 Dec 2000 05:02:08 -0500
Subject: Statistics in Florida Elections
Latest poll asked the question about what can
statistical inference suggest about the results of the
U.S. Presidential Elections in Florida. The results are:

  more people voted for Bush     26%
  more people voted for Gore     27%
  objective winner cannot be  determined  47%

The results show a split similar to the one at the election.
Perhaps, this is the first "quantum election", where the act of
measurement affects what is being measured, and the truth cannot be
determined.

For additional comments,
see www.kdnuggets.com/polls/2000/statistics-in-florida-elections.htm


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