Testing Policy Theory with Statistical Models of Networks

Policy Studies Journal

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 351-374

  Lubell, Mark ^a   Scholz, John ^b   Berardo, Ramiro ^c   Robins, Garry ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; NETWORK ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLICY ANALYSIS; POLITICAL THEORY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84864512913     PISSN: 0190292X     EISSN: 15410072     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1541-0072.2012.00457.x     Document Type: Article

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