When surveys lie and people tell the truth: how surveys oversample church attenders.

Part of a special section on church attendance in the U.S. A commentary on Hadaway et al.'s “What the Polls Don't Show: A Closer Look at Church Attendance,” which appeared in American Sociological Review, vol. 58, 1993, pp. 741-752. Telephone polls seriously oversample church attenders and, hence...

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Publicado en:American Sociological Review Vol. 63; no. 1; pp. 119 - 123
Autor principal: Woodberry, Robert D.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Sage Publications Inc. February 1998
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