Auditing a collection of races simultaneously

dc.creatorStark, Philip B.
dc.date2009-05-09
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T13:13:33Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T13:13:33Z
dc.descriptionA collection of races in a single election can be audited as a group by auditing a random sample of batches of ballots and combining observed discrepancies in the races represented in those batches in a particular way: the maximum across-race relative overstatement of pairwise margins (MARROP). A risk-limiting audit for the entire collection of races can be built on this ballot-based auditing using a variety of probability sampling schemes. The audit controls the familywise error rate (the chance that one or more incorrect outcomes fails to be corrected by a full hand count) at a cost that can be lower than that of controlling the per-comparison error rate with independent audits. The approach is particularly efficient if batches are drawn with probability proportional to a bound on the MARROP (PPEB sampling).
dc.description9pp
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/0905.1422
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/0905.1422
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/229924
dc.subjectApplications
dc.subjectMethodology
dc.titleAuditing a collection of races simultaneously
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