Towards an information entropy model of job approval rating: The clinton presidency

Entropy

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1999, Pages

  Kulkarni, Rajendra G ^a   Stough, Roger R ^a,b   Haynes, Kingsley E ^a,c  

^a GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Department of Public Policy ^*

^c Institute of Public Policy   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinton presidency; Information entropy; President's job approval rating; Public opinion polls; Relative entropy

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DECISION MAKING; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; EDUCATION; ENTROPY; JOB ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE; PUBLIC POLICY; STATISTICAL METHODS;

CLINTON PRESIDENCY; INFORMATION ENTROPY; PRESIDENT'S JOB APPROVAL RATING; PUBLIC OPINION POLLS; RELATIVE ENTROPY;

INFORMATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 3442895756     PISSN: 10994300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/e1030037     Document Type: Review

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