deliberate: Deliberation function

In sate: Scientific Analysis of Trial Errors (SATE)

Deliberation function

Description

The deliberate function returns a jury verdict based on a simulation of deliberation as a modified tug-of-war between two verdict factions. Can be called directly, but is meant to be called many times to generate verdict probabilities based on g_votes and jury_n values. Requires '0 <= g_votes <= jury_n'.

Usage

deliberate(g_votes, jury_n)

Arguments

g_votes	Initial number of votes for guilty verdict (same as K value).
jury_n	Size of the jury (i.e. 4, 6, 8, 12, or 16).

Value

Returns "G" (guilty verdict), "NG" (not guilty verdict), or 'NA' if either input is 'NA'.

Examples

   library(sate)
   deliberate(g_votes=10, jury_n=12)

   deliberate(g_votes=4, jury_n=6)

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