Fuzzy-set Case Studies

Sociological Methods and Research

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2017, Pages 422-455

  Mikkelsen, Kim Sass ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

case studies; causal mechanisms; equifinality; fuzzy sets; set theoretic consistency

Indexed keywords

EID: 85024127009     PISSN: 00491241     EISSN: 15528294     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0049124115578032     Document Type: Article

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