Enhancing sensitivity diagnostics for qualitative comparative analysis: A combinatorial approach

Political Analysis

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 104-120

  Thiem, Alrik ^a   Spöhel, Reto ^b   Duşa, Adrian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b BERN UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

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EID: 84963548316     PISSN: 10471987     EISSN: 14764989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pan/mpv028     Document Type: Article

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