Addressing data sparseness in contextual population research: Using cluster analysis to create synthetic neighborhoods

Sociological Methods and Research

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 311-351

  Clarke, Philippa ^a   Wheaton, Blair ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis; Data sparseness; Monte Carlo simulations; Multilevel models; Survey research

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846038609     PISSN: 00491241     EISSN: 15528294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0049124106292362     Document Type: Article

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