Election audits by sampling with probability proportional to an error bound: dealing with discrepancies
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Sampling items using probability proportional to a bound on the possible error in the item (PPEB) has a long history in financial auditing, but has only recently been suggested for auditing elections. How large a PPEB sample should be drawn to have confidence 1− α that the election outcome is correct if the sample includes only “small” errors? What is the confidence that the outcome of the election is correct, given the discrepancies a PPEB audit uncovers, whatever their size? If one wants to end up with confidence level 1− α, how should one increase the PPEB sample size if discrepancies are found, and
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تاریخ انتشار 2008