Understanding wordscores

Political Analysis

Volumn 16, Issue 4 SPEC. ISS., 2008, Pages 356-371

  Lowe, Will ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 62249120316     PISSN: 10471987     EISSN: 14764989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pan/mpn004     Document Type: Article

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