Developing a New Measure of Biases of Apportionment Methods and Determining Its Validity by Computer Simulation

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  • 議員定数配分方式の偏りを測る方法の提案とシミュレーションによるその妥当性の検証
  • ギイン テイスウ ハイブン ホウシキ ノ カタヨリ オ ハカル ホウホウ ノ テイアン ト シミュレーション ニ ヨル ソノ ダトウセイ ノ ケンショウ

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This paper discusses the measure of biases of apportionment methods. Generally biases mean that large states are more favored than small states or the opposite. However it is not easy to define the large states or small states rigorously. In this paper a new bias measure is developed which does not require the rigorous definition of large or small states. We show by computer simulation that the new bias measure can measure bias in apportionment methods as correctly as the existing measures.

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