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A Natural Language Interface to Election Results

1 pointsby anaphoricover 4 years ago

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X3Xs4gF9oBover 4 years ago
Here&#x27;s a new paper from Walter Mebane (University of Michigan Political Science and Statistics) on inappropriate applications of Benford&#x27;s Law to the 2020 election: <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www-personal.umich.edu&#x2F;~wmebane&#x2F;inapB.pdf" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www-personal.umich.edu&#x2F;~wmebane&#x2F;inapB.pdf</a>
anaphoricover 4 years ago
OK I updated to include last digit and penultimate digit analyses. Essentially identical slightly skewed distribution for Biden and Trump. Go to site and see.<p>Conclusion: Enron type fraud detection does not yield a signal on USA county tallies.