On Testing for Structural Effects in Electoral Geography, Using Entropy-Maximising Methods to Estimate Voting Patterns

Ron Johnston, A M Hay and D Rumley
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D Rumley: Department of Geography, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, Western Australia 6009, Australia

Environment and Planning A, 1984, vol. 16, issue 2, 233-240

Abstract: Entropy-maximising methods have been introduced in recent papers for estimating spatial variations in voting behaviour. The estimates can be used to test structural effect hypotheses. This paper illustrates such usage and discusses a major technical issue relating to it.

Date: 1984
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DOI: 10.1068/a160233

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