Validation: What big data reveal about survey misreporting and the real electorate

Political Analysis

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 437-459

  Ansolabehere, Stephen ^a   Hersh, Eitan ^b  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84867605232     PISSN: 10471987     EISSN: 14764989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pan/mps023     Document Type: Article

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