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62 Vand. L. Rev. En Banc 1 (2009)

handle is hein.journals/valewenb62 and id is 1 raw text is: VANDERBILT LAW REVIEW
EN BANC
VOLUME 62                                        MARCH 2009
Relative Difference and the Dean
Method: A Comment on Getting the
Math Right
Mark Bell*
I.    INTRODUCTION                  .......................................... 1
II.   APPORTIONMENT IN THE AMERICAN CONTEXT .................. 2
III.  THE ERROR: RELATIVE DIFFERENCE IS NOT NECESSARILY
THE SAME THING AS RELATIVE DEVIATION ..    .............. 4
IV.   RELATIVE DIFFERENCE VERSUS ABSOLUTE DIFFERENCE........ 6
V.    A BETTER WAY TO CALCULATE RELATIVE DIFFERENCE.......... 9
VI.   CONCLUSION...............1.............................1
I. INTRODUCTION
This is a Response to Professor Paul Edelman's piece, Getting
the Math Right: Why California Has Too Many Seats in the House of
Candidate for Doctor of Jurisprudence, Vanderbilt Law  School, 2010. I would like to
thank Professor Paul Edelman, Professor Grant Hayden, and John Greer for their many helpful
suggestions. I would also like to thank my wife and children for their patience and
understanding during the publication of this Response.
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