Associated files for master's thesis research.

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Last Updated: May 18, 2022

This GitHub repository is available as a supplement to my master's thesis at Clemson University, Detecting Partisan Gerrymandering through Mathematical Analysis: A Case Study of South Carolina. It includes all associated code, shapefiles, and data needed to conduct a similar analysis for any state election map.

If there is something specific you are looking for that you do not see in this repo, feel free to email me at [email protected]..

Changes have been made to the chain code since the completion of my master's thesis project in May 2020. The zipped folder snapshot_thesis_files.zip has the markov chain code files as they existed at the time of my thesis finalization.

The redistricting_2021/ subdirectory contains all associated files for the 2021 Redistricting Cycle analyses. The MC_Data_Cleaning_Process document contains detailed instructions on running the analyses.

A backup of the files was made on May 24, 2022 in case there were any errors in transferring between work machines. All appears to be in order.