Passing the Test: Ecological Regression Analysis in the Los Angeles County Case and Beyond.

Lichtman, Allan J.

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ERIC Number: EJ438606

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Publication Date: 1991

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Passing the Test: Ecological Regression Analysis in the Los Angeles County Case and Beyond.

Lichtman, Allan J.

Evaluation Review, v15 n6 p770-99 Dec 1991

Statistical analysis of racially polarized voting prepared for the Garza v County of Los Angeles (California) (1990) voting rights case is reviewed to demonstrate that ecological regression is a flexible, robust technique that illuminates the reality of ethnic voting, and superior to the neighborhood model supported by the defendants. (SLD)

Descriptors: Census Figures, Court Litigation, Estimation (Mathematics), Ethnic Groups, Hispanic Americans, Human Geography, Minority Groups, Political Attitudes, Racial Attitudes, Racial Discrimination, Regression (Statistics), Voting Rights

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Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: California

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