An analysis of the Act 43 Wisconsin Assembly district map using the $\sqrt{\varepsilon}$ test
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2017-10-04 v2
Abstract
In previous work [arXiv:1608.02014], we developed a rigorous statistical test for outlier status in a reversible Markov Chain, and demonstrated its utilization with an application to detecting gerrymandering in Pennsylvania's Congressional districting. In this note, we apply our test to the current (Act 43) assembly districting of the state of Wisconsin, and find that the districting is indeed an outlier among the the landscape of valid districtings of Wisconsin. Outlier status is significant at betwee p=.0002 and p=.0008, depending on assumptions.
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@article{arxiv.1708.09852,
title = {An analysis of the Act 43 Wisconsin Assembly district map using the $\sqrt{\varepsilon}$ test},
author = {Maria Chikina and Alan Frieze and Wesley Pegden},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1708.09852},
year = {2017}
}
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4 pages, 1 table (data processing notes added)