Typologies: Forming Concepts and Creating Categorical Variables

The Oxford Handbook of Political Methodology

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Collier, David ^a   LaPorte, Jody ^a   Seawright, Jason ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cells; Concept formation; Descriptive typology; Empirical analysis; Measurement; Multidimensional typology; Political science

Indexed keywords

EID: 76249124175     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199286546.003.0007     Document Type: Chapter

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