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Paper nominated for the Charles C. Shepard Science Award


A paper on the design and analysis of cognitive interviews, co-authored by NatCen's Michelle Gray, has been nominated for the best Data Methods and Study Design Award.

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The debate about what to do with the House of Lords has been rumbling on now for over a century.  It all ...