The State of Survey Research as a Research Tool in American Politics

The Oxford Handbook of American Elections and Political Behavior

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Atkeson, Lonna Rae ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

American politics; Democracy; Internet; Mixed mode surveys; Non probability samples; Society; Survey research

Indexed keywords

EID: 84888009586     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199235476.003.0002     Document Type: Chapter

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