Mixing methods: A Bayesian approach

American Political Science Review

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 653-673

  Humphreys, Macartan ^a   Jacobs, Alan M ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 84951746119     PISSN: 00030554     EISSN: 15375943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0003055415000453     Document Type: Article

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