Can registration-based sampling improve the accuracy of midterm election forecasts?

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 197-223

  Green, Donald P ^a   Gerber, Alan S ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 33745593439     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: 15375331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/poq/nfj022     Document Type: Review

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