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Measuring Hidden Opinions in Iran and China
How do you measure public sentiment when the state controls the information environment and people fear honest answers? This episode explores the surprisingly robust data coming out of Iran through GAMAAN's digital snowball sampling, which found only 15% of Iranians support the Islamic Republic as a system of government. Then we turn to China, where the measurement problem is even harder. Through academic surveys, the Asian Barometer, World Values Survey, and clever list experiments that provide plausible deniability to respondents, researchers have pieced together a picture of broad but…
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