Computer-assisted text analysis for comparative politics

Political Analysis

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 254-277

  Lucas, Christopher ^a   Nielsen, Richard A ^b   Roberts, Margaret E ^c   Stewart, Brandon M ^a   Storer, Alex ^d   Tingley, Dustin ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84929675556     PISSN: 10471987     EISSN: 14764989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pan/mpu019     Document Type: Article

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