Implication analysis: A pragmatic proposal for linking theory and data in the social sciences

Sociological Methodology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-50

  Lieberson, Stanley ^a   Horwich, Joel ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Citizen Schools ^*

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EID: 54049140886     PISSN: 00811750     EISSN: 14679531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9531.2008.00199.x     Document Type: Review

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