Case studies: Types, designs, and logics of inference

Conflict Management and Peace Science

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-18

  Levy, Jack S ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Case studies; Comparable cases; Multiple method; Process tracing; Research design

Indexed keywords

EID: 40749127206     PISSN: 07388942     EISSN: 15499219     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07388940701860318     Document Type: Article

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