Bayesian combination of state polls and election forecasts

Political Analysis

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 337-348

  Lock, Kari ^a   Gelman, Andrew ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

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EID: 77957286322     PISSN: 10471987     EISSN: 14764989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pan/mpq002     Document Type: Article

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