Beyond linearity by default: Generalized additive models

American Journal of Political Science

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 596-627

  Beck, Nathaniel ^a   Jackman, Simon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0032374394     PISSN: 00925853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/2991772     Document Type: Article

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