In defence of polls: A few high-profile misses should not overshadow the many times pollsters called it right
Bojar, A.
(2017).
In defence of polls: A few high-profile misses should not overshadow the many times pollsters called it right.
Polling companies were heavily criticised for failing to predict the results of the UK’s EU referendum and Donald Trump’s presidential election victory, but is this criticism fair? Abel Bojar draws on evidence from recent European elections to illustrate that opinion polls have a far better record of success than they’re given credit for.
| Item Type | Online resource |
|---|---|
| Copyright holders | © 2017 The Author(s) CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 |
| Departments | LSE |
| Date Deposited | 22 Mar 2017 |
| URI | https://researchonline.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/70214 |
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