Analyzing incomplete political science data: An alternative algorithm for multiple imputation

American Political Science Review

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 49-69

  King, Gary ^a   Honaker, James ^a   Joseph, Anne ^a   Scheve, Kenneth ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035285349     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0003055401000235     Document Type: Article

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