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Abstract Details
Activity Number:
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648
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Type:
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Invited
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Date/Time:
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Thursday, August 5, 2010 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
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Sponsor:
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Social Statistics Section
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Abstract - #306319 |
Title:
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Measuring Lethal Counterinsurgency Violence in Amritsar District, India Using a Referral-Based Sampling Technique
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Author(s):
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Romesh Silva*+ and Jeff Klingner and Scott Weikart
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Companies:
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Benetech and Benetech and Benetech
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Address:
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480 California Ave, Suite 201, Palo Alto, CA, ,
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Keywords:
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human rights ;
referral-based sampling ;
conflict mortality ;
social network analysis ;
Punjab, India ;
survey methods
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Abstract:
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Existing quantitative claims about enforced disappearances in Punjab (India) between 1984 and 1996 are not based on defensible statistical methods. We present preliminary results from a retrospective mortality survey in the rural region of Amritsar District designed to measure lethal counterinsurgency violence. The survey used a hybrid sampling design which combines probability-based random sampling with referral-based sampling. We explore the dynamics of referral-based sampling through a presentation of classical survey estimation methods and social network analysis metrics of the referral chains.
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