Comment: QCA should set aside the algorithms

Sociological Methodology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 122-126

  Collier, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 84927765256     PISSN: 00811750     EISSN: 14679531     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0081175014542568     Document Type: Article

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