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JSWolf · 11-12-2012, 03:36 PM

I've come up with the fact that the hidden votes are a lot more evenly distributed then the open votes. In the open votes, we've had more books get no votes then with the hidden votes. We've had less votes distributed over all the books. The last vote was hidden and when it was revealed, we had one at the top and 4 (or 5) tied for second place. I don't think that would have happened with an open vote. We have less of a runaway with hidden votes then we do with open. Hidden gives us a more statistical validity to the votes.

11-12-2012, 03:36 PM	#79
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 73,897 Karma: 128597114 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	I've come up with the fact that the hidden votes are a lot more evenly distributed then the open votes. In the open votes, we've had more books get no votes then with the hidden votes. We've had less votes distributed over all the books. The last vote was hidden and when it was revealed, we had one at the top and 4 (or 5) tied for second place. I don't think that would have happened with an open vote. We have less of a runaway with hidden votes then we do with open. Hidden gives us a more statistical validity to the votes.