I love Math but creating Formulas not my strong suit. Any help?
I'm creating a simple formula for a voting metric system I'm building on. But creating weighted formulas is not my strong suit.
Here is the in-progress formula below
- 1 main vote = 1 point
- 0.25 other votes = x4 = 1 point
n(main votes) + ( formula for 0.25 votes ) / n(threshold) = score
Here is the catch. The 1 point can also be a factor of 0 to 100 of what the person chose. So main votes are considered more valuable than "other" votes which would require 4 to equal 1 main vote.
I've been building this formula for weeks with a few different iterations and I think this will be the most viable moving forward.
Any help or resources is welcomed.
What is function n() ? Is n(main votes) + ( formula for 0.25 votes ) the numerator or only ( formula for 0.25 votes ) ?
n(main votes) + ( formula for 0.25 votes ) / n(threshold)
n - represents the number of voters
25(1) + 'haven't figured this part out yet' / 25(threshold would be the maximum value of the vote, in this case, 1)
25(1) + 25(0.25) / 50(1) << that doesn't seem right to me.
It's hard to give advice without knowing what you're going to use it for and what your goal is in creating a custom formula instead of counting each vote equally.
Hey, thanks for replying. No worries I just wanted to know if there were any resources on developing custom formulas. I've read a bunch of articles discussing weighted systems from education to finance, but I could not really wrap my head around it completely.
I'll figure it out, and show you what I'll be using it for eventually.