Spatial patterns and irregularities of the electoral data: General Elections in Canada
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Spatial patterns and irregularities of the electoral data: General Elections in CanadaAutoría
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Mateu, JorgeTutor/Supervisor; Universidad.Departamento
Universitat Jaume I. Departament de MatemàtiquesFecha de publicación
2014-03-06Editor
Universitat Jaume IResumen
Democratic elections are one of the most important social phenomena of the last centuries. Countries which publish elections results on the polling station level provide a valuable source of data for different groups ... [+]
Democratic elections are one of the most important social phenomena of the last centuries. Countries which publish elections results on the polling station level provide a valuable source of data for different groups of scientists like geographers and statisticians. In this work, we combined geographical and statistical analysis, pursuing a goal of defining the spatial patterns and irregularities of the electoral data. From theoretical point of view, it will help to find out if the electoral behavior has any spatial dependency. From practical perspective, it can give a new insight about the electoral fraud detection. We have applied a set of statistical methods to estimate the distribution and variability of the electoral behavior in space and time for different geographic units. Canada was selected as a study area because it is an old democracy where the elections are considered being fair, and all the necessary data are available. [-]
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Màster Universitari Erasmus Mundus en Tecnologia Geoespacial | Erasmus Mundus University Master's Degree in Geospatial Technologies | Electoral geography | Spatial analysis | Voter turnout | Party share | Electoral district | Polling division | Distribution | Variability | Spatial autocorrelation | Moran’s Index | Cluster and outlier analysis | Clustering | Neighborhood | PostgreSQL | PostGIS | Canada | Máster Universitario Erasmus Mundus en Tecnología Geoespacial
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Treball de Final de Màster Universitari en Tecnologia Geoespacial/Geospatial Technologies. Codi: SIK013. Curs acadèmic 2013-2014
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