Elections and Public Polling: Will the Media Get Online Polling Right?

Psychology and Marketing

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1009-1023

  Johnson, Dennis W ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0036453251     PISSN: 07426046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mar.10050     Document Type: Review

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