Measurement Versus Calibration: A Set-Theoretic Approach

The Oxford Handbook of Political Methodology

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Ragin, Charles C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Calibration; Fuzzy sets; Measurement; Set theoretic analysis; Social science

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EID: 84924032681     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199286546.003.0008     Document Type: Chapter

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