Simulating plausible ballot paper preferences from STV count sheets

Introduction

When analysing single transferable vote (STV) elections, we often desire a record of the preferences lodged by voters, so that voting patterns can be analysed in detail, or to see how changes in voters' preferences or in the rules of the count might impact… »

Monash Medicine in review – Year 5D: MED5101/5103/5105

Placement

With the exception of the Scholarly Intensive Placement, year 5D is taught entirely from clinical sites like the preceding 2 clinical years. Like year 3B and unlike 4C, the focus returns to acute care general hospital medicine, with a focus on preparation for the… »

Monash Medicine in review – BMedSc(Hons): MED4301/4302

The Bachelor of Medical Science (Honours), or BMedSc(Hons), is an optional 1-year research degree.¹ It can be undertaken any time after year 3B of the Monash medicine course, but by far the most common time to undertake it is between years 4C… »

VEC forms from the 2022 Victorian state election

This is a collection of paper forms used by the VEC at the 2022 Victorian state election, extracted by me from images shown in the Election Official Manual, Voting Centre Manager Guide and Counting Team Leader Guide.

DRM Round-up: IDAD 2022

Today is International Day Against DRM 2022, so let's check in on my ebook collection statistics. It seems that this is becoming a biennial endeavour rather than a quarterly one, but hey, better late than never!

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