There are lots of reasons telephone polls should be losing their accuracy. But are they? That’s the question I look at in a new post over at Behind the Numbers.
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There are lots of reasons telephone polls should be losing their accuracy. But are they? That’s the question I look at in a new post over at Behind the Numbers.
Dan Hopkins is a political scientist whose research centers on American politics, with a special emphasis on research methods, political behavior, and local politics. He is currently an assistant professor in the government Department at Georgetown University. More by Dan Hopkins