[Acmsmajors] Fall 2022 Special Topic: Statistics and Philosophy of Voting

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Special Topics Course: Fall 2022

Statistics and Philosophy of Voting

STAT 498



Credits: 3

Time: Tuesday and Thursday 3:00-3:50pm, SMI 105



This course will consider topics relevant to modern voting and elections through statistical and social choice lenses. The course will be co-taught by Marina Meila (Statistics), Elena Erosheva (Statistics and Social Work), Conor Mayo-Wilson (Philosophy), and will also feature a number of expert guest speakers.

Topics include the purpose and limits of democratic decision-making; majority rule, social choice theory and the associated impossibility theorems; judgement aggregation; probabilistic pooling; majority judgement and other voting procedures; election case studies; election polling and forecasting; misinformation and elections; electoral redistricting and gerrymandering; fairness aspects in voting, voting in contexts other than elections. Topics before and around November 8 will be chosen to be directly related to the 2022 US election. See this link  for more information.



https://sites.stat.washington.edu/mmp/courses/voting498/fall22/syllabus.html

Course assessments will include participation in class and in discussion boards and hands-on homework assignments that will involve analyzing real or simulated data. Final grades will be based on participation (40%)  homework (60%).



The course will be taught jointly with CSSS 594.



Prerequisites



*  STAT 311 or STAT 390 or STAT 391 or CSE 312



* It is recommended that students have some familiarity with reading and writing proofs and have beginner ability with data programming (at the level of STAT 302, or STAT/CSE/INFO 180)





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