Whose Variance Is It Anyway? Interpreting Empirical Models with State-Level Data

State Politics and Policy Quarterly

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 318-338

  Gill, Jeff ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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EID: 0142226192     PISSN: 15324400     EISSN: 19461607     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153244000100100305     Document Type: Article

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