Overcoming the reference category problem in the presentation of statistical models

Sociological Methodology

Volumn 33, Issue , 2003, Pages

  Firth, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 9144259155     PISSN: 00811750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0081-1750.2003.t01-1-00125.x     Document Type: Article

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