The importance of persistence in respondent selection for preelection surveys

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 1987, Pages 48-57

  Traugott, Michael W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 0348008920     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/269013     Document Type: Article

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