Applying Ragin's Crisp and fuzzy set QCA to large datasets: Social class and educational achievement in the National Child Development Study

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Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Cooper, Barry ^a  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Educational Attainment; Fuzzy Sets; Gender; Meritocracy; QCA; Social Class

Indexed keywords

EID: 27444447631     PISSN: 13607804     EISSN: 13607804     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5153/sro.1068     Document Type: Conference Paper

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