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Strategies for Improving Gender Diversity in the Methods Community: Insights from Political Methodologists and Social Science Research

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  18 May 2018

Tiffany D. Barnes
Tiffany D. Barnes*
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University of Kentucky
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Symposium: What is a Political Methodologist?
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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 51 , Issue 3 , July 2018 , pp. 580 - 587
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