The necessity of being comparative: Theory confirmation in quantitative political science

Comparative Political Studies

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 886-908

  Clarke, Kevin A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesianism; Comparative theory testing; Falsificationism; Inference

Indexed keywords

EID: 34250201883     PISSN: 00104140     EISSN: 15523829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0010414006296518     Document Type: Article

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