Polls, polls, and more polls: An evaluation of how public opinion polls are reported in newspapers

Harvard International Journal of Press/Politics

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 102-114

  Welch, Reed L ^a  

^a WEST TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 85047687306     PISSN: 1081180X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1081180X0200700107     Document Type: Article

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