Forecasting presidential elections using history and polls

International Journal of Forecasting

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 127-135

  Brown, Lloyd B ^a   Chappell Jr , Henry W ^b  

^a Department of Teacher Education and Department of Sociology and Anthropology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Election forecasting; Polls; Presidential elections

Indexed keywords

EID: 0347088036     PISSN: 01692070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0169-2070(98)00059-4     Document Type: Article

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