[Koha] Final Results for Koha Foundation Options

[Chris Cormack]

2009/10/27 Ben Ide <benide at gmail.com>:
>
> Horowhenua Library Trust and a foundation specific to Koha win so long as we
> don't count the "Non Votes" -- the set of non completed results -- or we
> consider the polling a simple horse race with the winner of the first
> category receiving 1st place, the winner of the second category receiving
> 2nd place, etc.
>
> Taking all the votes in total and dividing by the number of potential votes
> (1290 and 1806, respectively) gives this:
> "Which organization should Koha align itself with for the time being?"
> Total Votes % of Total Votes Horowhenua Library Trust 169 13.10% Software in
> the Public Interest 129 10.00% International Federation of Library
> Associations  118 9.15% Software Freedom Conservancy 122 9.46% None 109
> 8.45% Non completed 643 49.84%
> "Which organization should Koha align itself with in the long term?" Total
> Votes % of Total Votes Form a foundation specific to Koha 165 9.14%
> Horowhenua Library Trust 123 6.81% Software in the Public Interest 87 4.82%
> International Federation of Library Associations 86 4.76% Software Freedom
> Conservancy 80 4.43% Form a foundation specific to library open source 128
> 7.09% Do nothing 60 3.32% Non completed 1077 59.63%
> You see why I wondered about the "non completed" results?  :-)
> We have a few statisticians, and I'd like to hear from them about this.
>  Barring that, I agree with your assessment, Ian.

I only have 200 level stats (minor I think the USians call it) my
major was pure maths.
But I would be inclined to not count the non-votes, if you do so,
whether you then run it as pure horse race, or as pecentage of total
(which i dont think is valid that counts someone ranking HLT sixth the
same as someone ranking SPI first) the result is the same.

I will wait for MJ Ray who has a much stronger background to answer.
But I do think that non-votes are spoiled ballots and not counted. If
the person meant none there was an option for that.

Chris