Race-of-interviewer effects in a preelection poll Virginia 1989

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 1991, Pages 313-330

  Finkel, Steven E ^a   Guterbock, Thomas M ^a   Borg, Marian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

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EID: 0000206833     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/269264     Document Type: Article

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