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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. 1

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