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Table 6: Distribution of Attributes in a Hypothetical Los Angeles

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Table 6: Distribution of Attributes in a Hypothetical Los Angeles Community

 English (%)  speaking (%)  Spanish speaking (%)  Korean speaking (%)  Latino 20310 Asian 17014 Black 1000 White 800\begin{array}{l|llll}\hline & \begin{array}{l}\text { English } \\(\%) \end{array} & \begin{array}{l}\text { speaking } \\(\%) \end{array} & \begin{array}{l}\text { Spanish speaking } \\(\%) \end{array} & \begin{array}{l}\text { Korean speaking } \\(\%) \end{array} \\\hline \text { Latino } & 20 & 31 & 0 \\\text { Asian } & 17 & 0 & 14 \\\text { Black } & 10 & 0 & 0 \\\text { White } & 8 & 0 & 0\end{array} Let's assume that in order to win political office in this Los Angeles community, a candidate needs to win at least 50% of the vote. Let's also assume that political entrepreneurs will try to mobilize voters along either racial or linguistic lines, using the existing identity categories listed above.
-In the previous questions, you should have found that there were two identity categories that form minimal winning coalitions. Are there any groups of individuals that are members of both minimal winning coalitions? If so, who are they?


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Determination

Generally refers to the process of firm decision-making or the resolving of a problem; in statistics, it may refer to the coefficient of determination.

SSR

Sum of Squared Residuals; a measure of the discrepancy between the data and an estimation model.

F Statistic

The F statistic is a value derived from an ANOVA test used to determine whether the means of several groups are equal by comparing the variance between groups to the variance within groups.

SSR

Sum of Squares due to Regression, a measure in statistics that quantifies the variation explained by the independent variables in a regression model.

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