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is author of Data Processing: Applications to Political Researchand Information Retrieval: Applications to Political Science.

An extended version of this article will be read on November 15, 1967 at the Fall Joint Computer Conference, Anaheim, California, and will be published in its Proceedings.

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Janda, K. Some computer applications in political science. Comput Hum 2, 12–16 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02402459

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