Measuring the unmeasurable? Toward operationalizing on-line and memory-based political judgments in surveys

International Journal of Public Opinion Research

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 247-257

  Matthes, Jörg ^a   Wirth, Werner ^a   Schemer, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

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EID: 51249152394     PISSN: 09542892     EISSN: 14716909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ijpor/edm001     Document Type: Article

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