Entry:

Cantril, Alber H., The Opinion Connection: Polling, Politics, and the Press. Washington, D.C.: Congressional Quarterly, 1991.


Abstract:

Polls can serve the public interest if pollsters strive to maintain high standards in methods and ethics and if an informed news media critically considers how such results should be reported. In this way poll data can provide accurate information and a corrective check to public debate.

GSS Years:

1978

Other Data Sets:

CBS 1988; HIS 1986; CBS/NYT 1984, 1987-1989; Roper 1959, 1968, 1978, 1985, 1988; Gallup 1964, 1971-1972, 1980, 1987-1988; ABC/WP 1984, 1987-1988; NBC/WSJ 1987-1988; Harris 1988; Black/CNN 1988; SRC 1974-1975, 1978; DAS 1971, 1976-1977; LAT 1988

GSS Codebook Variables referenced by document:

Variable Name

Variable Label

 
 
POLVIEWS

THINK OF SELF AS LIBERAL OR CONSERVATIVE