Guarding Against False Positives in Qualitative Comparative Analysis

Political Analysis

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 471-487

  Braumoeller, Bear F ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84944394631     PISSN: 10471987     EISSN: 14764989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pan/mpv017     Document Type: Article

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