Uncovering Structural Effects in Ecological Data: An Entropy‐Maximizing Approach

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Geographical AnalysisVolume 14, Issue 4 p. 355-365 Free Access Uncovering Structural Effects in Ecological Data: An Entropy-Maximizing Approach R. J. Johnston, R. J. Johnston R. J. Johnston is professor of geography, University of Sheffield. The survey data used in this paper were obtained from the British Election Study data deposited in the S.S.R.C. Survey Data Archive. I am grateful to the depositors for making the data available, to the staff of the Archive for their assistance, to Neville Baines for help with the programming, and to the Department of Geography, University of Sheffield for a grant towards the costs of acquiring the data.Search for more papers by this author R. J. Johnston, R. J. Johnston R. J. Johnston is professor of geography, University of Sheffield. The survey data used in this paper were obtained from the British Election Study data deposited in the S.S.R.C. Survey Data Archive. I am grateful to the depositors for making the data available, to the staff of the Archive for their assistance, to Neville Baines for help with the programming, and to the Department of Geography, University of Sheffield for a grant towards the costs of acquiring the data.Search for more papers by this author First published: October 1982 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1538-4632.1982.tb00754.xCitations: 12 R. J. Johnston is professor of geography, University of Sheffield. The survey data used in this paper were obtained from the British Election Study data deposited in the S.S.R.C. Survey Data Archive. I am grateful to the depositors for making the data available, to the staff of the Archive for their assistance, to Neville Baines for help with the programming, and to the Department of Geography, University of Sheffield for a grant towards the costs of acquiring the data. 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