Comparative-Historical Analysis in Contemporary Political Science

The Oxford Handbook of Political Methodology

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Mahoney, James ^a   Terrie, P Larkin ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative historical analysis; Political science; Process tracing; Regression analysis; Statistical testing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924087771     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199286546.003.0032     Document Type: Chapter

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