The NBC sitcom The Office ran for nine years and has been one of the most popular streamed television shows of all time. One of the trademarks of the show was that characters would often break the fourth wall to communicate with the audience just by staring directly into the camera. In fact, there is a website dedicated to "The Office stares" (https://openstax.org/r/theofficestaremachine) where you can watch over 700 of these stares! Suppose that 36 fans were asked which character had the best "The Office stare." Use the ballot summary in below to answer each question.

1. Determine the winner of the election by the pairwise comparison method.
2. Determine the winner of the election by the pairwise comparison method if Michael Scott is removed from the ballot.
3. Does this election violate IIA?

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Number of Ballots (J) Jim Halpert (John Krasinski) 9 11 7 6 3 1 2 4 2 4 (P) Pam Beesly-Halpert (Jenna Fischer) 4 (D) Dwight Schrute (Rainn Wilson) 1 2 4 3 2 3 3 1 2 (M) Michael Scott (Steve Carell) 3 4 1 3 1