Limits and Alternatives to Multiple Regression in Comparative Research

Comparative Social Research

Volumn 24, Issue , 2007, Pages 261-308

  Shalev, Michael ^a  

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EID: 33947533122     PISSN: 01956310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-6310(06)24006-7     Document Type: Review

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