Office of Opinion Research
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The Office of Opinion Research is a unit within the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research that conducts and analyzes public opinion polling worldwide to inform U.S. foreign policy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Office of Opinion Research canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T8277118 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Office of Opinion Research Context triple: [INR, hasOrganizationalUnit, Office of Opinion Research]
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A.
Public Opinion Institute
The Public Opinion Institute is a research organization that conducts surveys and studies to analyze and report on public attitudes and social trends.
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B.
American Institute of Public Opinion
The American Institute of Public Opinion was the pioneering polling organization founded by George Gallup that popularized modern public opinion surveying in the United States.
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C.
American Association for Public Opinion Research
The American Association for Public Opinion Research is a leading professional organization that advances the science and practice of survey research and public opinion measurement in the United States.
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D.
Institute of Social Research
The Institute of Social Research is a leading academic center in Mexico dedicated to advanced, multidisciplinary research on social phenomena and public issues.
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E.
Survey Research Center
The Survey Research Center is a leading social science research unit at the University of Michigan renowned for pioneering survey methodology and large-scale public opinion and social behavior studies.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Office of Opinion Research Target entity description: The Office of Opinion Research is a unit within the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research that conducts and analyzes public opinion polling worldwide to inform U.S. foreign policy.
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A.
Public Opinion Institute
The Public Opinion Institute is a research organization that conducts surveys and studies to analyze and report on public attitudes and social trends.
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B.
American Institute of Public Opinion
The American Institute of Public Opinion was the pioneering polling organization founded by George Gallup that popularized modern public opinion surveying in the United States.
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C.
American Association for Public Opinion Research
The American Association for Public Opinion Research is a leading professional organization that advances the science and practice of survey research and public opinion measurement in the United States.
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D.
Institute of Social Research
The Institute of Social Research is a leading academic center in Mexico dedicated to advanced, multidisciplinary research on social phenomena and public issues.
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E.
Survey Research Center
The Survey Research Center is a leading social science research unit at the University of Michigan renowned for pioneering survey methodology and large-scale public opinion and social behavior studies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
component of the United States Department of State
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government office ⓘ public opinion research unit ⓘ |
| areaServed |
foreign countries
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worldwide ⓘ |
| confidentiality | many polling results are not publicly released ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| dataUsedBy |
U.S. diplomats
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U.S. foreign policy decision-makers ⓘ |
| employer |
United States government
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surface form:
United States federal government
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| fieldOfWork |
foreign policy analysis
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international relations ⓘ opinion polling ⓘ political science ⓘ public opinion research ⓘ |
| hasDomain |
foreign public opinion
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global political attitudes ⓘ international attitudes toward the United States ⓘ policy-relevant polling data ⓘ |
| inception | Cold War era ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| locatedInJurisdiction | United States federal government NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | conducting confidential foreign opinion polling for U.S. policymakers ⓘ |
| operatedBy | United States Department of State NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| parentAgency | Bureau of Intelligence and Research NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Bureau of Intelligence and Research
NERFINISHED
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United States Department of State ⓘ |
| purpose |
to analyze foreign public opinion
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to conduct public opinion polling worldwide ⓘ to inform United States foreign policy ⓘ to support U.S. diplomacy with opinion data ⓘ |
| reportsTo | Bureau of Intelligence and Research NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sector |
foreign affairs
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intelligence and research ⓘ |
| usesMethod |
public opinion polling
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qualitative analysis ⓘ quantitative analysis ⓘ survey research ⓘ |
| worksWith |
U.S. embassies
NERFINISHED
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other U.S. government agencies involved in foreign policy ⓘ regional bureaus of the U.S. Department of State ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Office of Opinion Research Description of subject: The Office of Opinion Research is a unit within the U.S. Department of State’s Bureau of Intelligence and Research that conducts and analyzes public opinion polling worldwide to inform U.S. foreign policy.
Referenced by (1)
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