The Logic of Process Tracing Tests in the Social Sciences

Sociological Methods and Research

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 570-597

  Mahoney, James ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

case studies; causal inference; deductive nomological model; hypothesis testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84868128088     PISSN: 00491241     EISSN: 15528294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0049124112437709     Document Type: Article

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