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Conflict deaths in Iraq: a methodological critique of the ORB survey estimate
Konflikttote im Irak: eine methodologische Kritik der ORB-Umfrageschätzung
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Abstract "In September of 2007 ORB, a British opinion polling firm, released an estimate that 1.2 million Iraqis had been killed in the conflict, subsequently lowering its estimate to 1 million. The authors compare three ORB polls and find important irregularities in ORB's mortality data in four central gove... mehr
"In September of 2007 ORB, a British opinion polling firm, released an estimate that 1.2 million Iraqis had been killed in the conflict, subsequently lowering its estimate to 1 million. The authors compare three ORB polls and find important irregularities in ORB's mortality data in four central governorates of Iraq that account for more than 80% of the estimated deaths. These internal validity checks indicate that the ORB mortality data are not credible and would suggest a much lower estimate than ORB has published. They also analyze a number of specific error sources in the poll. Systematic errors, which include non-coverage and measurement errors, mostly point toward overestimation. Variable errors are also substantial but they are difficult to quantify in part due to incomplete disclosure of methodological details by ORB. External validity checks, including comparisons with two much larger and higher quality surveys, reinforce the conclusion that ORB has overestimated the number killed in Iraq by a wide margin. Thus, their paper answers a challenge facing the field of survey methodology, to explain how different surveys have produced such divergent mortality estimates for Iraq." (author's abstract)... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Irak; militärischer Konflikt; Opfer; Meinungsforschung; nichtstaatliche Organisation; Schätzung; Methodenvergleich; Sterblichkeit; Tötungsdelikt; Tod; Fehler; Messung; Kritik; Validität; Asien; arabische Länder; Nahost; Entwicklungsland
Klassifikation
Forschungsarten der Sozialforschung
Friedens- und Konfliktforschung, Sicherheitspolitik
Methode
Grundlagenforschung; Methodenentwicklung
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2010
Seitenangabe
S. 3-15
Zeitschriftentitel
Survey Research Methods, 4 (2010) 1
ISSN
1864-3361
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)
Lizenz
Deposit Licence - Keine Weiterverbreitung, keine Bearbeitung