Studying Terrorism Empirically: what We Know About What We Don’t Know

Although the empirical and analytical study of terrorism has grown dramatically in the past decade and a half to incorporate more sophisticated statistical and econometric methods, data validity is still an open, first-order question. Specifically, methods for treating missing data often rely on str...

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1. VerfasserIn: Safer-Lichtenstein, Aaron (VerfasserIn)
Beteiligte: Loughran, Thomas A. ; LaFree, Gary
Medienart: Elektronisch Aufsatz
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht: 2017
In: Journal of contemporary criminal justice
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