-----Ursprungliche Nachricht----- Von: gov2001-l-bounces(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu [mailto:gov2001-l-bounces@lists.fas.harvard.edu] Gesendet: Tuesday, December 07, 2004 10:14 AM An: gov2001-l(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu Betreff: [gov2001-l] duplication in action I thought this was a sterling example of the importance of duplication: Some might remember a handful of berkeley students "proving" electronic voting irregularities in Florida: http://ucdata.berkeley.edu/new_web/VOTE2004/election04_WP.pdf It made a lot of press, and convinced a lot of leftist techno-wonks. Two professors (Drexel and SUNY-Binghamton) decide to have a look at the numbers themselves, noting: "As professors who teach statistics and econometrics to undergraduate and graduate students, we are always on the lookout for good examples of "what not to do" so that we may better instruct our students in the responsible use of statistics. Therefore we have examined the HMCB study with a critical eye. We conclude that the study is entirely without merit and its"results" are meaningless." The rather brutal smackdown, complete with an alternative model is available here: http://election04.ssrc.org/research/critique-of-hmcb.pdf /\llan Allan Friedman Doctoral Student, Public Policy Kennedy School of Government _______________________________________________ gov2001-l mailing list gov2001-l(a)lists.fas.harvard.edu http://lists.fas.harvard.edu/mailman/listinfo/gov2001-l