Election forecasting: Principles and practice

British Journal of Politics and International Relations

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 145-164

  Lewis Beck, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTION; FORECASTING METHOD; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; POLITICAL PROCESS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VOTING BEHAVIOR;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WESTERN EUROPE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

EID: 17844398015     PISSN: 13691481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-856X.2005.00178.x     Document Type: Article

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