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A Coding Procedure for Empirical Research of Political Decision-making

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Large numbers of documents are available in which decision-makers explain their choices. Examples of such documents include minutes of meetings, speeches in the parliament, telegrams of embassies, correspondence between officials, diaries, etc.

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© 1988 Willem E. Saris and Irmtraud N. Gallhofer

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Gallhofer, I.N., Saris, W.E. (1988). A Coding Procedure for Empirical Research of Political Decision-making. In: Saris, W.E., Gallhofer, I.N. (eds) Sociometric Research. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-19051-5_4

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