Miscounting race: Explaining whites' misperceptions of racial group size

Sociological Perspectives

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2003, Pages

  Gallagher, Charles A ^a  

^a GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0142072568     PISSN: 07311214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1525/sop.2003.46.3.381     Document Type: Review

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