On the MacMahon cube law for election results |
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| Authors: | Dennis C. Gilliland |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Professor of Statistics &2. Probability , Michigan State University |
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This note was prompted by remarks of Stanton (1980) which suggest a procedure MacMahon may have used in arriving at the cube law for election results. We begin by briefly reviewing the law and the mystery surrounding its original motivation. We end by assessing Stanton's contribution to the solution of the mystery and pointing out alternative laws. |
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