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OPEN-SOURCE LINEUP SOFTWARE ENABLES GRANULAR ANALYSIS OF
SUBJECTIVE RANKING SYSTEMS
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.
To shed light on the trustworthiness of rankings, Harvard
researchers have created LineUp, an open-source application that empowers
ordinary citizens to make quick, easy judgments about rankings based on
multiple attributes.