Metatheory, metamethod, meta-data-analysis: What, why, and how?

Sociological Perspectives

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 1991, Pages 377-390

  Zhao, Shanyang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 84970176847     PISSN: 07311214     EISSN: 15333867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1389517     Document Type: Article

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