Tools for intuition about sample selection bias and its correction

American Sociological Review

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 494-507

  Stolzenberg, Ross M ^a   Relies, Daniel A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

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EID: 0000437842     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2657318     Document Type: Article

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