Military technology and sample selection bias
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Keywords
height; stature; sample selection bias; convenience samples; World War I; Anglo-Boer War; military strategy;All these keywords.
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- C8 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Data Collection and Data Estimation Methodology; Computer Programs
- N3 - Economic History - - Labor and Consumers, Demography, Education, Health, Welfare, Income, Wealth, Religion, and Philanthropy
- N4 - Economic History - - Government, War, Law, International Relations, and Regulation
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-HIS-2018-02-26 (Business, Economic and Financial History)
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