The polls - Review: A late campaign swing or a failure of the polls? The case of the 1998 Quebec election

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 108-123

  Durand, Claire ^a   Blais, André ^a   Vachon, Sébastien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

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EID: 0035532591     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/320041     Document Type: Review

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