SPSS as an 'inscription device': From causality to description?

Sociological Review

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 606-622

  Uprichard, Emma ^a   Burrows, Roger ^a   Byrne, David ^a  

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EID: 57049159885     PISSN: 00380261     EISSN: 1467954X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-954X.2008.00807.x     Document Type: Article

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