%0 Journal Article
%T The de
%A Kimberly Pavlick
%A Matthew M. Reavy
%J Newspaper Research Journal
%@ 2376-4791
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/0739532918775665
%X This study extends research into problems in handling sampling error within polls by examining coverage of President Obama¡¯s approval ratings in three major newspapers over a five-year period. Results indicate support for hypotheses suggesting that, when confronted with poll results that could be explained by sampling error alone, journalists will instead emphasize those changes or differences
%K sampling error
%K Barack Obama
%K newspapers
%K public opinion polls
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0739532918775665