Experimenting with a "third way" in political knowledge estimation

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 72, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 768-780

  Miller, Melissa K ^a   Orr, Shannon K ^a  

^a BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 57349159565     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: 15375331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/poq/nfn057     Document Type: Article

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