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All Else Equal in Theory and Data (Big or Small)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 December 2014

Scott Ashworth ,
Christopher R. Berry  and
Ethan Bueno de Mesquita
Scott Ashworth
Affiliation:
University of Chicago
Christopher R. Berry
Affiliation:
University of Chicago
Ethan Bueno de Mesquita
Affiliation:
University of Chicago
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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. 89 - 94
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Copyright © American Political Science Association 2015 

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