Directional versus proximity models: Verisimilitude as the criterion

Journal of Theoretical Politics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 61-74

  Pierce, Roy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Directional model; Projection; Proximity model; Verisimilitude

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031537799     PISSN: 09516298     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0951692897009001007     Document Type: Conference Paper

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