A pragmatic alliance between critical realism and simple non-parametric statistical techniques

Applied Economics and the Critical Realist Critique

Volumn , Issue , 2003, Pages 129-150

  Finch, John H ^a   McMaster, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 25144493445     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203987872     Document Type: Chapter

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