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School Mascot A new college needs to pick a moscot for its football (earn. The students were asked to rank four choices in order of preference; the results are tallied below. Using the pairwise comparison method of voting, which mascot should be chosen?
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School Mascot A new college needs to pick a moscot for its football (earn. The students were asked to rank four choices in order of preference; the results are tallied below.
Using the pairwise comparison method of voting, which mascot should be chosen?
To determine
Using the pairwise comparison method of voting, which mascot should be chosen?
Explanation of Solution
Given Information:
| Rankings | |||||
| Bulldog |    |    |    |    |    |
| Panther |    |    |    |    |    |
| Hornet |    |    |    |    |    |
| Bobcat |    |    |    |    |    |
| Number of votes: |    |    |    |    |    |
Concept used:
Create a table to keep track of each of the head-to-head comparisons. First note mat a matchup
between, say. Bulldog and panther is same as the matchup between Panther and Bulldog.
Calculation:
| Versus | Bulldog | Panther | Hornet | Bobcat |
| Bulldog | ||||
| Panther | ||||
| Hornet | ||||
| Bobcat |
Bulldog is favored over Panther with
Panther is favored over Bulldog with
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