Peer-reviewed journal article
Krejčí, Jindřich

Problémy s volebními průzkumy

Krejčí, Jindřich. 2005. „Problémy s volebními průzkumy.“ Politologický časopis 12 (3): 239-258. ISSN 1211-3247.

The article identifies controversies related to pre-election polls and explains their impact on the possibility to use results. In this context it also pays attention to the importance of polls for representative democracy, impact of the publication of results on public opinion, the possibilities of manipulating surveys, risks related to the growth of research production, the limits to election forecasting, and issues related to the relationship between research and journalism.

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Topics: 
public opinion
elections (and polls)