Finding pathways: Mixed-method research for studying causal mechanisms

Finding Pathways: Mixed-Method Research for Studying Causal Mechanisms

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 1-162

  Weller, Nicholas ^a   Barnes, Jeb ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84925588696     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9781139644501     Document Type: Book

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