Quantitative analysis in social sciences: An brief introduction for non-economists
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Quantitative methods; Statistics; Social Sciences; Research Design; Development;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C10 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Econometric and Statistical Methods and Methodology: General - - - General
- C20 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Single Equation Models; Single Variables - - - General
- C00 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - General - - - General
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HME-2012-06-13 (Heterodox Microeconomics)
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