A critical epistemology of analytical statistics: Addressing the sceptical realist

Journal for the Theory of Social Behaviour

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 255-284

  Olsen, Wendy ^a   Morgan, Jamie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 25144501706     PISSN: 00218308     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5914.2005.00279.x     Document Type: Review

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