Hungary's black sunday of public opinion research: The anatomy of a failed election forecast

International Journal of Public Opinion Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 450-471

  Bodor, Tamás ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN STEVENS POINT   (United States)

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EID: 84870938345     PISSN: 09542892     EISSN: 14716909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ijpor/edr039     Document Type: Article

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