Designing Historical Social Scientific Inquiry: How Parameter Heterogeneity Can Bridge the Methodological Divide between Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches

American Journal of Political Science

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 526-546

  Wawro, Gregory J ^a   Katznelson, Ira ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

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EID: 84897448901     PISSN: 00925853     EISSN: 15405907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajps.12041     Document Type: Article

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