Case Selection via Matching

Sociological Methods and Research

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 569-597

  Nielsen, Richard A ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

case selection; matching; most similar systems; qualitative methods; research design

Indexed keywords

EID: 84977498339     PISSN: 00491241     EISSN: 15528294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0049124114547054     Document Type: Article

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