The effect of question framing and response options on the relationship between racial attitudes and beliefs about genes as causes of behavior

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 460-476

  Singer, Eleanor ^a   Couper, Mick P ^a   Raghunathan, Trivellore E ^a   Antonucci, Toni C ^a   Burmeister, Margit ^b   Van Hoewyk, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

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EID: 77956273213     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: 15375331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/poq/nfq009     Document Type: Article

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