ElectDecomp (version 0.0.1-8)

malapportionment_index: Malapportionment index

Description

Computes the malapportionment index proposed in Samuels and Snyder (2001).

Usage

malapportionment_index(seats, census)

Value

The Value of the malapportionment index.

Arguments

seats

A vector (matrix or data.frame) of length k (the number of constituencies/districts), components in the same order as census, with the seats apportioned in each constituency/district.

census

A vector (matrix or data.frame) of length k (the number of constituencies/districts), with components in the same order as seats, with the census (overall population entitled to vote) in each constituency/district.

Author

Alberto Penades,

Jose M. Pavia,

References

Samuels, D and Snyder, R (2001) The Value of a Vote: Malapportionment in Comparative Perspective. British Journal of Political Science, 31 , 651-671.

Examples

 seats.ex <- c(5, 7, 7, 7, 5, 7, 8, 12, 3, 3, 6, 10, 6, 6, 7, 5, 4, 5, 4,
               3, 5, 3, 4, 6, 3, 4, 3, 3, 5, 4, 24, 3, 2, 4, 7, 5, 9, 5, 5,
               8, 29, 5, 3, 3, 6, 8, 4, 9, 4, 14, 1, 1)
 census.ex <- c(239935L, 559590L, 451021L, 456952L, 255557L, 403142L, 569535L,
                842042L, 153109L, 112376L, 547396L, 783206L, 407899L, 365063L,
                397732L, 327008L, 211249L, 310547L, 151099L, 95061L, 309595L,
                130998L, 238885L, 364127L, 125385L, 241301L, 99408L, 73992L,
                295410L, 164706L, 3004988L, 304448L, 242148L, 331744L, 413193L,
                279372L, 731499L, 302293L, 315033L, 548711L, 2744152L, 319222L,
                153080L, 437592L, 749572L, 551021L, 167030L, 677156L, 283161L,
                1287981L, 31672L, 25368L)

malapportionment_index(seats.ex, census.ex)