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In recent years there has been a considerable upsurge in the use of aggregate data for cross-national or holonational studies (Naroll, 1972). This work has been stimulated by, and has stimulated, a dramatic growth in the creation of computer accessible or machine-readable aggregate-data sets descriptive of regional samples or of the universe of nation-states (Russett, et al., 1964; Rummel, 1972; Feierabend and Feierabend, 1965; Gurr, 1966; Adelman and Morris,, 1967 and 1973; Schmitter, 1970; Banks and Textor, 1964; Morrison et. al., 1972; Taylor and Hudson, 1972; Singer, 1972; McGowan, 1974).
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Morrison, D.G., Mitchell, R.C., Paden, J.N. (1989). Measures, Models and Meaning in Aggregate Data for African States. In: Black Africa. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-11023-0_10
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