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Introduction to the Virtual Issue: Measurement in Political Science

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 January 2017

William G. Jacoby
William G. Jacoby*
Affiliation:
Department of Political Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, email: jacoby@msu.edu
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Political Analysis , Volume 22 , Virtual Issue V6: Measurement in Political Science , January 2014 , pp. 1 - 3
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