D.9: Social Choice

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Oregon Department of Education knowledge and skills for Social Choice

D.9 Social Choice: Analyze election data to evaluate different election methods and use weighted voting techniques to decide voting power within a group. Understand and use fair division techniques to solve apportionment problems.

D.9.1 Use election theory techniques to analyze election data such as majority, plurality, runoff, approval, the Borda method in which points are assigned to preferences, and the Condorcet method in which each pair of candidates is run off head to head.

D.9.2 Use fair division techniques to divide continuous objects.

D.9.3 Use fair division techniques to solve apportionment problems.

Discrete Math Learning modules

Social choice overview (from Terrel Smith's class, MS-Powerpoint slide set)

Resources for Social Choice

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