ISBN:
9780691123783
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9781400850747 (Sekundärausgabe)
Language:
English
Pages:
217 p.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Online-Ressource ISBN 9781400850747
Edition:
[Online-Ausg.]
DDC:
303.3
Keywords:
Öffentliche Meinung
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Politische Beteiligung
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Ethnische Beziehungen
;
Vietnamkrieg
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USA
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Online-Publikation
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Online-Publikation
Abstract:
Over the past century, opinion polls have come to pervade American politics. Despite their shortcomings, the notion prevails that polls broadly represent public sentiment. But do they? In Silent Voices, Adam Berinsky presents a provocative argument that the very process of collecting information on public preferences through surveys may bias our picture of those preferences. In particular, he focuses on the many respondents who say they ""don't know"" when asked for their views on the political issues of the day. Using opinion poll data collected over the past forty years, Berinsky takes a...
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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Online-Ausg.:
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