Measuring left-right political orientation: The choice of response format

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 204-220

  Kroh, Martin ^a  

^a DIW BERLIN   (Germany)

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EID: 34547747815     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: 15375331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/poq/nfm009     Document Type: Article

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