The challenges of surveying in war zones: Lessons from Ukraine.
Conflict scholars commonly employ public opinion surveys to understand the causes and consequences of violence. However, surveying in wartime presents a distinctive set of challenges. We examine two challenges facing polling in countries at war: under-coverage of national samples and response bias....
| Publicado en: | Journal of Peace Research Vol. 62; no. 6; pp. 2128 - 2136 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Nov2025
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