Motivation and accuracy in estimating opinion distributions: A survey experiment

International Journal of Public Opinion Research

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1998, Pages

  Shamir, Jacob ^a  

^a NONE   (Israel)

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EID: 17144473831     PISSN: 09542892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ijpor/10.2.91     Document Type: Review

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