Apportionment methods
Abstract. Apportionment methods are used to translate a set of positive natural numbers
into a set of smaller natural numbers while keeping the proportions between
the numbers very similar. The methods are used to allocate seats in a chamber
proportionally to the number of votes for a party in an election or
proportionally to regional populations. In this article, we describe six
apportionment methods and the user-written egen function
apport(), which implements these methods.
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Ulrich Kohler, Janina Zeh
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apport(), egen, apportionment method, elections, Hamilton's method, Jefferson's method, Webster's method, Hill's method, Dean's method, Adams's method
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