What's behind a No. 1 ranking? Open-source LineUp software enables granular analysis of subjective ranking systems
Friday, January 31, 2014 - 16:30
in Mathematics & Economics
Behind every "Top 100" list is a generous sprinkling of personal bias and subjective decisions. Lacking the tools to calculate how factors like median home prices and crime rates actually affect the "best places to live," the public must take experts' analysis at face value.