8:30 a.m.

Session I – Russell Roberts

How numbers get used and abused

10:00 a.m.

Break

10:30 a.m.

Session II – Douglas Rivers

Why the polls have been wrong in 2008

12:00 NOON

Lunch

1:00 p.m.

Session III – Morris Fiorina

The media and culture wars

2:30 p.m.

Break

3:00 p.m.

Session IV – Norman Nie & Douglas Rivers

The changing face of polling

 

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