Goodness-of-fit tests and descriptive measures in fuzzy-set analysis

Sociological Methods and Research

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 102-146

  Eliason, Scott R ^a   Stryker, Robin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Causal inference; Fuzzy set; Goodness of fit; Necessity; Sufficiency

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349329090     PISSN: 00491241     EISSN: 15528294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0049124109339371     Document Type: Article

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