Quantification, evidence and positivism

Approaches to Human Geography

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 237-250

  Fotheringham, A Stewart ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

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DOI: 10.4135/9781446215432.n22     Document Type: Chapter

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