The Evolving Influence of Psychometrics in Political Science

The Oxford Handbook of Political Methodology

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Poole, Keith T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Econometrics; Factor analysis; Measurement; Political science; Psychometrics; Scaling; Spatial theory; Statistics; Unfolding

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924068484     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199286546.003.0009     Document Type: Chapter

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