La falacia del empate técnico electoral

01/21/2018
by   Arturo Erdely, et al.
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It is argued that the concept of "technical tie" in electoral polls and quick counts has no probabilistic basis, and that instead the uncertainty associated with these statistical exercises should be expressed in terms of a probability of victory of the leading candidate. ----- Se argumenta que el concepto de "empate técnico" en encuestas y conteos rápidos electorales no tiene fundamento probabilístico, y que en su lugar la incertidumbre asociada a dichos ejercicios estadísticos debiera expresarse en términos de una probabilidad de triunfo del candidato puntero.

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