Separation of Error, Method Effects, Instability, and Attitude Strength

Studies in Public Opinion: Attitudes, Nonattitudes, Measurement Error, and Change

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 37-59

  Van der Veld, William ^a   Saris, Willem E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

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