[Koha] Final Results for Koha Foundation Options

[Nicole Engard]

Joann,

I don't think you vote counted an incomplete - I made it so that a
minimum of one option had to be picked and ranked - that should have
counted as a completed answer.

Nicole

2009/10/26 Joann Ransom <jransom at library.org.nz>:
> I did not give an option 1 and 2 because I did not think it was 'essential'
> and since I did not have a clear decision for my second choice it would have
> been a pot luck selection.
>
> I did not consider that my vote would be discounted because of it! I
> thought, since I only had a single preference that my single vote would be
> counted.
>
> Cheers Jo.
>
> Chris Cormack wrote:
>>
>> 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
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