ExpectedRepresentation {DescriptiveRepresentationCalculator} | R Documentation |
Finds the degree of expected representation for any group in a political body under a random sampling model as described in Gerring, Jerzak and Oncel (2023).
ExpectedRepresentation(PopShares, BodyN, a = -0.5, b = 1)
PopShares |
A numeric vector containing the group-level population proportions. |
BodyN |
A positive integer denoting the size of the political body in question. |
a , b |
The |
The expected degree of representation (a scalar).
John Gerring, Connor T. Jerzak, Erzen Oncel. (2023), The Composition of Descriptive Representation, American Political Science Review, p. 1-18. doi:10.1017/S0003055423000680
ExpectedRep <- ExpectedRepresentation(PopShares = c(1/3, 2/3, 1/3),
BodyN = 50)
print( ExpectedRep )