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Knowledge
Students know:
- How to apply various methods of apportionment with smaller data sets.
Skills
Students are able to:
- Determine and use formulas for spreadsheet cells for determining parts of the apportionment process including calculating quotas, truncated quotas, mean and geometric mean of upper and lower quotas, and final apportionments using various methods (Hill, Webster, Hamilton, etc.)
Understanding
Students understand that:
- Apportionment methods can be applied efficiently on large data sets using spreadsheets.
Vocabulary
- Truncate
- Quota
- Arithmetic mean
- Geometric mean