Exploiting spatial dependence to improve measurement of neighborhood social processes

Sociological Methodology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 151-183

  Savitz, Natalya Verbitsky ^a   Raudenbush, Stephen W ^b  

^a MATHEMATICA POLICY RESEARCH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

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EID: 69149100796     PISSN: 00811750     EISSN: 14679531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9531.2009.01221.x     Document Type: Article

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