Pre-election polling: Identifying likely voters using iterative expert data mining

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 159-171

  Murray, Gregg R ^a   Riley, Chris ^b   Scime, Anthony ^c  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

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EID: 68349134893     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: 15375331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/poq/nfp004     Document Type: Article

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