Does mentioning " some people " and "other people" in an opinion question improve measurement quality?

Public Opinion Quarterly

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 131-141

  Yeager, David Scott ^a   Krosnick, Jon A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84858190729     PISSN: 0033362X     EISSN: 15375331     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/poq/nfr066     Document Type: Article

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