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- Title : Public Policy and Statistics: Case Studies from RAND (Statistics for Social and Behavioral Sciences)
- Author : Springer
- Rating : 4.74 (817 Vote)
- Publish : 2014-3-21
- Format : Hardcover
- Pages : 244 Pages
- Asin : 0387987770
- Language : English
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