Ignoring the non-ignorables? Missingness and missing positions

European Union Politics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 269-290

  König, Thomas ^a   Finke, Daniel ^a   Daimer, Stephanie ^a  

^a Deutsche Universität für Verwaltungswissenschaften Speyer   (Germany)

Author keywords

EU constitution; Imputation; Missing values; Strategic positions

Indexed keywords

EID: 29244434069     PISSN: 14651165     EISSN: 17412757     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1465116505054833     Document Type: Review

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