Bringing Things Together: Developing the Sample Survey as Practice in the Late Nineteenth Century

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Bringing Things Together : Developing the Sample Survey as Practice in the Late Nineteenth Century. / Gundelach, Peter.

I: Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, Bind 53, Nr. 1, 2017, s. 71-89.

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Gundelach, P 2017, 'Bringing Things Together: Developing the Sample Survey as Practice in the Late Nineteenth Century', Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, bind 53, nr. 1, s. 71-89. https://doi.org/10.1002/jhbs.21831

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Gundelach, P. (2017). Bringing Things Together: Developing the Sample Survey as Practice in the Late Nineteenth Century. Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences, 53(1), 71-89. https://doi.org/10.1002/jhbs.21831

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Gundelach P. Bringing Things Together: Developing the Sample Survey as Practice in the Late Nineteenth Century. Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences. 2017;53(1):71-89. https://doi.org/10.1002/jhbs.21831

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Gundelach, Peter. / Bringing Things Together : Developing the Sample Survey as Practice in the Late Nineteenth Century. I: Journal of the History of the Behavioral Sciences. 2017 ; Bind 53, Nr. 1. s. 71-89.

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