The role of high-quality surveys in political science research

Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Political Science

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 262-280

  Butt, Sarah ^a   Widdop, Sally ^b   Winstone, Lizzy ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Ipsos   (United States)

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