The statistics of causal inference: A view from political methodology

Political Analysis

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 313-335

  Keele, Luke ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84942079624     PISSN: 10471987     EISSN: 14764989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pan/mpv007     Document Type: Article

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