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Mean Vector Analyses of the Voting Patterns of Ghanaians for Three Consecutive Periods: A Case Study of the Greater Accra Region
R. Opoku-Sarkodie, S. Amponsah Gyimah, F. Gardiner and T. Manu
Corresponding Author: R. Opoku-Sarkodie
Submitted: June 08, 2014
Accepted: August 19, 2014
Published: August 25, 2014 |
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The aim of this paper was to find out whether the outcome of future elections in the Greater Accra region could be predicted based on empirical data. The voting patterns of the presidential elections in Ghana deserve notice, not because of their political significance but because of the theoretical weight they carry. The shifts in electoral fortunes between the two main political parties in the country, especially in the greater Accra region provide a unique leverage for assessing theories of voting behavior. The paper uses statistical tools to examine the electoral performance of the four major political parties in Accra and the Hotelling’s T2 Statistic to test whether a prediction could be made to predict future outcomes of elections. Our results revealed that there was not enough statistical evidence to predict future outcomes of elections in the greater Accra district.
Key words: Mean vector, multivariate analysis, voting patterns, , , ,
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R. Opoku-Sarkodie, S. Amponsah Gyimah, F. Gardiner and T. Manu, . Mean Vector Analyses of the Voting Patterns of Ghanaians for Three Consecutive Periods: A Case Study of the Greater Accra Region. Research Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, (3): 30-34.
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ISSN (Online): 2040-7505
ISSN (Print): 2042-2024 |
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