Estimating party influence on roll call voting: Regression coefficients versus classification success

American Political Science Review

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 689-698

  Snyder Jr , James M ^a   Groseclose, Tim ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0035621866     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003055401003070     Document Type: Article

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