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    In social choice theory, Condorcet's voting paradox is a fundamental discovery by the Marquis de Condorcet that majority rule is inherently self-contradictory...
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    contest. The possibility of such cyclic preferences is known as the Condorcet paradox. However, a smallest group of candidates that beat all candidates...
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    defeat each other (Rock < Paper < Scissors < Rock). This is called Condorcet's voting paradox, and is analogous to the counterintuitive intransitive dice phenomenon...
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    Marquis de Condorcet, whose voting paradox showed the impossibility of logically-consistent majority rule; Arrow's theorem generalizes Condorcet's findings...
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    it ... makes it less likely Gehrlein, William V. (2002-03-01). "Condorcet's paradox and the likelihood of its occurrence: different perspectives on balanced...
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    small, found 25 instances of a Condorcet paradox for a total likelihood of 9.4%.: 325  While examples of the paradox seem to occur often in small settings...
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    conditional probabilities Cherry picking – Fallacy of incomplete evidence Condorcet paradox – Self-contradiction of majority rule Ecological fallacy – Formal...
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  • plane illuminated by a Sun that rises and falls throughout the day. Condorcet's paradox demonstrates the surprising result that majority rule can be self-contradictory...
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    decision increases as the number of members of the group increases, and Condorcet's paradox, which shows that majority preferences can become intransitive with...
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    of the prime minister was also notable for being a rare example of Condorcet paradox observed on a country scale, discovered through prior opinion polls...
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  • majority party on every issue. The paradox resembles the structure underlying the Condorcet paradox and Simpson's paradox and it has been proved that in every...
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  • is in both their best interests to do so. Voting paradox: Also known as Condorcet's paradox and paradox of voting. A group of separately rational individuals...
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    cycles, such as in Condorcet's paradox. The Condorcet winner, if one exists, is the sole member of the Smith set. If weak Condorcet winners exist they...
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    winner. This example shows how Condorcet methods can violate the participation criterion when there is a preference paradox. Assume four candidates A, B...
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  • complementary to and compatible with the Condorcet criterion Condorcet's paradox, the possibility of not having a Condorcet winner as a result of a cycle of pair-wise...
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    Condorcet's jury theorem is a political science theorem about the relative probability of a given group of individuals arriving at a correct decision...
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    relational database design. The history of the argument also goes deeper, Condorcet's paradox perhaps being the first example of the finite sort. A particular...
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    Schulze method (redirect from Condorcet SSD)
    ranked-choice voting rule developed by Markus Schulze. The Schulze method is a Condorcet completion method, which means it will elect a majority-preferred candidate...
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  • defeat each other (Rock < Paper < Scissors < Rock). This is called Condorcet's voting paradox, and is analogous to the counterintuitive intransitive dice phenomenon...
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    power. The discursive dilemma can be seen as a special case of the Condorcet paradox. List and Pettit argue that the discursive dilemma can be likewise...
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    choice becomes A. Social choice theory Arrow's impossibility theorem Condorcet paradox Gibbard–Satterthwaite theorem Gibbard's theorem ^ May, Kenneth O....
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    measured the frequency with which certain non-Condorcet systems elected Condorcet winners. The Marquis de Condorcet viewed elections as analogous to jury votes...
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  • labor market." (The Case Against Education) In voting theory, the Condorcet paradox demonstrates a fallacy of composition: Even if all voters have rational...
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    this method are known as Condorcet methods. He also wrote about the Condorcet paradox, which he called the intransitivity of majority preferences. However...
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    win, one draw, and one loss. This phenomenon is analogous to the Condorcet paradox in voting theory. If n {\displaystyle n} is the number of competitors...
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  • group testing, and was released to negative reviews and poor sales. Condorcet paradox Groupthink The blind men and the elephant Wisdom of the crowd Tiger...
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    paradox ignores the collateral benefits associated with voting besides the resulting electoral outcome. The issue was noted by Nicolas de Condorcet in...
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    running fails independence of irrelevant alternatives due to the Condorcet paradox. In addition, there are many different proportional cardinal rules...
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    preferences of a group may be intransitive. This can result in a Condorcet paradox wherein following a path from one candidate across a series of majority...
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  • of candidates that generalizes the notion of a Condorcet winner whenever there is a Condorcet paradox. The Landau set can be thought of as the Pareto...
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