Group Decisions and Voting

• The theory part presents the topics related to group decisions and voting.
  
• With online quizzes the student can test her/his knowledge on the subject.
  
• In the assignment part the student is asked to apply voting procedures to a given group decision making problem.
  
• The evaluation part allows the students to give feedback on the learning environment, material etc.
  

Objectives

After reading the module you should know:

1. Some potential methods to improve group decisions
   
2. How voting may be used in group decisions?
   
3. Most commonly used voting procedures
   
4. What is weak preference and social choice function?
   
5. Arrow's theorem
   
6. How to calculate group preferences from individual preferences
   

Theory

Read the learning material on Group Decisions and Voting.

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Quiz

Test your knowledge on on the subject with a quiz in the Quiz Star server.

1. Go to the Group Decisions and voting quiz.
   
2. Give your first and last name and click " Submit".
   
3. When you take the quiz at the first time the server gives a " User not found" note. Just click " Add Me to This Class" to proceed.
   
4. Complete the quiz. You can see your score and correct answers afterwards.
   

Assignment

The purpose of the assignment is to make you familiar with the Opinions Online software and the most commonly used voting procedures.
See the Assignment instructions.

Evaluation

Here you can give feedback on learning material, assignment, online quiz etc. All comments and responses are processed anonymously.