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Big Data, Causal Inference, and Formal Theory: Contradictory Trends in Political Science?

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Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 December 2014

William Roberts Clark  and
Matt Golder
William Roberts Clark
Affiliation:
Texas A&M University
Matt Golder
Affiliation:
Pennsylvania State University
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Symposium: Big Data, Causal Inference, and Formal Theory: Contradictory Trends in Political Science?
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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 48 , Issue 1 , January 2015 , pp. 65 - 70
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