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TopicContest Stats and Discussion - Part 1274
LordOfDabu
05/18/17 12:44:02 AM
#16:


Well if you assume there's going to be 20000 total votes and that the people voting now are representative of the entire day, you need

*calculates*

about ~1550 votes to be 90% confident that the current results are within 2% of their final total. Since they are further than that apart you can call the match now with about 90% confidence.

95% confidence will come around ~2100 votes and 99% confidence will come around 3500.
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