Learning More from Political Communication Experiments: Pretreatment and Its Effects

American Journal of Political Science

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 875-896

  Druckman, James N ^a   Leeper, Thomas J ^b  

^a Institute of Policy Research   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84867224406     PISSN: 00925853     EISSN: 15405907     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5907.2012.00582.x     Document Type: Article

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