A Comment About
Jousting with the Lancet: Pajamas Media Interviews Professor Gilbert Burnham
October 20, 2006 - 9:46 am
Tom W
2006-10-22 11:21:04
The high response rate of the survey has also been questioned. 98% is an astounding rate compared to typical rates in Europe and North America. It turns out that high rates are common in Iraq however. Perhaps they are thrilled that someone is interested in their opinion.
Johnny Heald of Opinion Research Business gave a paper at the 2006 ESOMAR conference (ESOMAR is a world marketing organization) about his company’s polling experience in Iraq where they’ve done over 150 polls since the invasion. Typically they get response rates higher than 90% and in some cases everybody they asked, agreed to be interviewed.
See Measuring opinion in a war zone by Johnny Heald
