Condorcet paradox Quick reference
A Dictionary of Statistics (3 ed.)
... paradox A voting paradox noted by the Marquis de Condorcet in an essay published in 1785 . For example, suppose there are three candidates, A, B, and C, and three voters whose preferences are as follows: Preference First Second Third Voter 1: A B C Voter 2: B C A Voter 3: C A B A is preferred to B by a majority of voters and B is preferred to C by a majority. However, it is also the case that C is preferred to A by a...
Condorcet paradox Quick reference
A Dictionary of Economics (5 ed.)
...Condorcet paradox The observation that the preference order resulting from pairwise majority voting can be intransitive. Assume there are three options x, y , and z , and three individuals A, B , and C . Assume the individuals rank the alternatives as follows (preferred option given first): A : x, y, z ; B : y, z, x ; and C : z, x, y . If a vote is taken over the pair x and y then x will win with a majority of two votes against one. Similarly, y will defeat z , and z will defeat x . The preference order obtained from the voting process is...
Condorcet’s paradox n. Quick reference
A Dictionary of Psychology (4 ed.)
...’s paradox n. A paradox of intransitive preferences arising from the aggregation of individual transitive preferences under majority rule. Its simplest manifestation is in a group of three voters choosing among three alternatives x, y , and z , the first voter preferring the three alternatives in the order xyz , the second yzx , and the third zxy . In a majority vote, x is preferred to y by a majority of two to one (the first and third voters preferring the alternatives in that order), and similarly y is preferred to z by a majority,...
Condorcet paradox
cyclic majority
transitive preferences
Marquis de Condorcet
voting paradox
paradox of voting
social-choice theory
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intransitive preferences
majority voting
collective choice
Arrow's impossibility theorem
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voting paradox n. Quick reference
A Dictionary of Psychology (4 ed.)
...paradox n . Another name for Condorcet’s paradox...
paradox of voting n. Quick reference
A Dictionary of Psychology (4 ed.)
... of voting n . Another name for Condorcet's paradox...
cyclic majority n. Quick reference
A Dictionary of Psychology (4 ed.)
...majority n. An intransitive preference order arising from majority voting in a group of individuals with transitive individual preferences. See Condorcet’s paradox...
paradox n. Quick reference
A Dictionary of Psychology (4 ed.)
..., the liar paradox , or Grelling's paradox . The term is also used more loosely for any argument that yields a surprising conclusion, or even for a fact or phenomenon that seems surprising, but the latter is avoided in careful usage. See also Allais paradox , Aubert–Fleischl paradox , barber's paradox , Condorcet's paradox , duration estimation paradox , Ellsberg paradox , Fechner's paradox , Gödel's theorem , Goodman's paradox , melodic paradox , metalanguage , mirror reversal problem , modified Ellsberg paradox , Monty Hall problem , ...
