Public Opinion Quarterly Advance Access originally published online on March 26, 2008
Public Opinion Quarterly 2008 72(2):345-363; doi:10.1093/poq/nfn009
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The Polls—Review
Methodological Review of "Mortality After the 2003 Invasion of Iraq: A Cross-Sectional Cluster Sample Survey"
Address correspondence to David A. Marker; e-mail: DavidMarker{at}Westat.com
Burnham et al. (2006, Lancet 368:1421–28) described a household survey of Iraq that attempted to estimate the number of excess casualties since the invasion of that country in 2003. This review examines many of the key factors that could affect the accuracy of this estimate.
DAVID A. MARKER is with Westat, 1650 Research Boulevard, Rockville, MD 20850, USA. The author wants to thank Graham Kalton and Ralph DiGaetano of Westat, along with the comments of the editor and eight referees for their suggestions.