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Applications and Case Studies

Estimating the Electoral Consequences of Legislative Redistricting

Andrew Gelman Department of Statistics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138
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Gary King Department of Statistics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 02138
Pages 274-282 | Received 01 Nov 1988, Published online: 28 Feb 2012

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