Separating Effect From Significance in Markov Chain Tests

We give qualitative and quantitative improvements to theorems which enable significance testing in Markov chains, with a particular eye toward the goal of enabling strong, interpretable, and statistically rigorous claims of political gerrymandering. Our results can be used to demonstrate at a desire...

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Main Authors: Maria Chikina, Alan Frieze, Jonathan C. Mattingly, Wesley Pegden
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2020-01-01
Series:Statistics and Public Policy
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2330443X.2020.1806763