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Calculated democracy— E xplorations in gerrymandering
Author(s) -
McCune David,
Tunstall Samuel Luke
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
teaching statistics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.425
H-Index - 13
eISSN - 1467-9639
pISSN - 0141-982X
DOI - 10.1111/test.12181
Subject(s) - gerrymandering , democracy , politics , metric (unit) , political science , mathematics education , mathematical economics , computer science , econometrics , economics , mathematics , law , operations management
Summary This paper describes a lesson centered around a metric for measuring partisan gerrymandering: the efficiency gap. We situate the efficiency gap in the current US political climate, describe the activity itself, and then provide recommendations for readers interested in adapting the lesson for their own classrooms.