Warren Edward Miller (March 26, 1924 – January 30, 1999) was an American

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in the field of American

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. Best known as a co-author of the seminal book, ''

The American Voter ''The American Voter'', published in 1960, is a seminal study of voting behavior in the United States, authored by Angus Campbell, Philip Converse, Warren Miller, and Donald E. Stokes, colleagues at the University of Michigan. Among its cont ...

'', alongside Angus Campbell,

Philip Converse Philip Ernest Converse (November 17, 1928 – December 30, 2014) was an American political scientist. He was a professor in political science and sociology at the University of Michigan who conducted research on public opinion, survey research, an ...

and Donald Stokes, which provided the basis for the social-psychological "Michigan school" of thought in American political behavior, Miller had a full and impressive career as a political scientist. Miller is further credited as founder of Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research ( ICPSR) at the

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

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as well as a central figure in the bi-yearly

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(NES). Miller was a

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of political science at the University of Michigan from 1951 until 1981 when he left for

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where he worked until his death. His last published volume, ''

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'', which he co-authored with J. Merrill Shanks, was printed in 1996.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Miller, Warren American political scientists 1924 births 1999 deaths University of Michigan faculty Arizona State University faculty 20th-century political scientists