Prototypical Weighting: Toward a Solution for Macrosociological Comparisons of Fuzzy Cases

Sociological Methods and Research

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 458-482

  Strijbis, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

case selection; categorization; census; comparison; constructivism; empiricism; epistemology; ethnicity; fuzzy set; prototypes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885776442     PISSN: 00491241     EISSN: 15528294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0049124113500478     Document Type: Article

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