Method and Meaning in Surveys on Attitudes to Jews in Poland

• Authors: Antoni Sułek
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This article is a methodological commentary regarding surveys on attitudes in Poland to Jews and publications on that research. It is intended to help in interpreting survey results and to prevent conclusions being drawn on insufficient grounds. The article shows some of the problems with interpreting and determining the meaning of survey results. It analyses, in this light, the survey meaning of the word “Jew;” numerical questions and answers; questions about attitudes-like and dislike, closeness and distance; answers expressing belief in Jewish power; and questions and answers in international comparative studies.

Keywords

EN

survey research; meaning; attitudes toward Jews; anti-Semitism; Poland

• Publisher: Polskie Towarzystwo Socjologiczne
• Journal: Polish Sociological Review
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 184
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 431-450

Dates

published

2014-01-07

Contributors

author

Antoni Sułek

• University of Warsaw