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Book Title: Fuzzy-Set Social Science
Number of Pages: 370 Pages
Publication Name: Fuzzy-Set Social Science
Language: English
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Item Height: 0.9 in
Publication Year: 2000
Subject: Methodology, Research, Set Theory
Item Weight: 19.5 Oz
Type: Textbook
Subject Area: Mathematics, Social Science
Author: Charles C. Ragin
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 7.3 in
Format: Trade Paperback
