Ross Perot and the multinomial distribution.
Part of a special issue on communication and the political process in the 1992 U.S. presidential election campaign. A graphical multivariate approach to the analysis and reporting of political poll results when more than two candidates command a significant percentage of the vote is presented. The...
| Published in: | Communication Research Vol. 21; pp. 408 - 419 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
June 1994
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