Data quality in content analysis. The case of the comparative manifestos project

Historical Social Research

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 234-251

  Volkens, Andrea ^a   Bara, Judith ^b   Budge, Ian ^c  

^a WZB BERLIN SOCIAL SCIENCE CENTER   (Germany)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coding; Comparative manifesto project (CMP); Content analysis; Measurement quality; Process generated data

Indexed keywords

EID: 62449236741     PISSN: 01726404     EISSN: 09366784     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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