Introducing Proper Scientific Standards For Poll Analysis

Interpreting polls as predictions of election outcomes is a flawed practice as old as the field, rooted in a fundamental misunderstanding of what poll data means

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OSF Preprints (OSF Preprints)
Published
2025-01-01
DOI
https://doi.org/10.17605/osf.io/ychjw
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Electoral Systems and Political Participation
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Introducing Proper Scientific Standards For Poll Analysis

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Electoral Systems and Political Participation
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Introducing Proper Scientific Standards For Poll Analysis

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Abstract

Interpreting polls as predictions of election outcomes is a flawed practice as old as the field, rooted in a fundamental misunderstanding of what poll data means

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