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Maine Women's Lobby News Letter (1992 - November) No. 4, Maine Women's Lobby Staff Nov 1992

Maine Women's Lobby News Letter (1992 - November) No. 4, Maine Women's Lobby Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

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The New Military Revolution: Post-Industrial Change, Antulio J. Echevarria Ii, John M. Shaw Jul 1992

The New Military Revolution: Post-Industrial Change, Antulio J. Echevarria Ii, John M. Shaw

The US Army War College Quarterly: Parameters

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Maine Women's Lobby News Letter (1992 - April) No. 3, Maine Women's Lobby Staff Apr 1992

Maine Women's Lobby News Letter (1992 - April) No. 3, Maine Women's Lobby Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

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Maine Women's Lobby News Letter (1992 March) No. 2, Maine Women's Lobby Staff Mar 1992

Maine Women's Lobby News Letter (1992 March) No. 2, Maine Women's Lobby Staff

Maine Women's Publications - All

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“Sorry, Wrong Number”: Why Media Polls On Gun Control Are So Often Unreliable, David B. Kopel, Gary Mauser Jan 1992

“Sorry, Wrong Number”: Why Media Polls On Gun Control Are So Often Unreliable, David B. Kopel, Gary Mauser

David B Kopel

How scientific are the polls reported in the media on the gun control issue? Without arguing for or against gun controls, this article examines the interviewing and

sampling methods used by media polls and finds that some polls claiming impressive majorities in favor of severe gun controls may not be accurate.

This article was originally published in Political Communication and Persuasion, vol. 9, pp. 69-92 (1992). This web version is a from a reprint (without the tables) in the Journal on Firearms & Public Policy, volume 6, pp. 23-53 (1994). Starred page numbers [*24] indicate the beginning of a new …