Pre-Election Polling: Sources of Accuracy and Error: Sources of Accuracy and Error

by Irving Crespi

Since 1948, when pollsters unanimously forecast a Dewey victory over Truman, media-sponsored polls have proliferated, accompanied by a growing unease about their accuracy. Pre-Election Polling probes the results of over 430 recent polls and taps the professional "lore" of experienced pollsters to offer a major new assessment of polling practices in the 1980s. In a study of unusual scope and depth, Crespi examines the accuracy of polls conducted before...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0871542080
• ISBN13: 9780871542083
• Release Date: August 1988
• Publisher: Russell Sage Foundation
• Length: 217 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"