May 16, 2008
Survey Results
For a while I've wanted to write Borda Count polling software, but really didn't have the time to invest to do it properly. So when I saw that Google Documents was offering a way to create forms to populate a spreadsheet, I thought I might have something that worked decently. So I put up this survey, asking you to rank the fourteen AL teams by how you believe they'll finish the season. So far, 125 voted, and you can see both the voting and calculated results here. Sheet one contains the voting and sheet two the results.
Update: In looking at the voting results, there appears to be someone who put in lots of Baltimore Orioles votes. I'll see if I can remove those records.
Looking at the results, I suspect there are a few issues you'll need to work through for your next post. What jumps out is how highly the Orioles finish. I suspect this is because they are the default choice for each place of finish. Perhaps a option would be best?
The O's are the default choice, so anyone who only chooses to vote for, say, the top 3 would vote for the O's for each subsequent choice. There needs to be "choose from below" option to start it off.
Perhaps a little Javascript or something...to keep people from choosing a team if they already chose it once.