A comparison of three approaches to handling incomplete state-level data

State Politics and Policy Quarterly

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 325-338

  Granberg Rademacker, J Scott ^a,b  

^a MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

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EID: 34548648064     PISSN: 15324400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/153244000700700306     Document Type: Article

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