Rating (sociological group)

{{Short description|Ukrainian non-governmental polling organization}}

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Rating ({{langx|uk|Рейтинг}}), or fully the Sociological group "Rating" ({{langx|uk|Соціологічнна група «Рейтинг»}}), is a Ukrainian independent, non-governmental research organization,[https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/19/world/europe/19ukraine.html In Ukraine, ’04 Euphoria Has Turned to Despair], The New York Times (November 18, 2009) that specializes in conducting all types of sociological research in compliance with international standards approved by the ESOMAR{{Cite web |title=ICC/ESOMAR International Code on Market, Opinion and Social Research and Data Analytics |url=https://iccwbo.org/publication/iccesomar-international-code-market-opinion-social-research-data-analytics/ |access-date=2022-08-04 |website=ICC - International Chamber of Commerce}} and WAPOR codes.{{Cite web |title=WAPOR Code of Ethics |url=https://wapor.org/about-wapor/code-of-ethics/ |access-date=2022-08-04 |website=World Association for Public Opinion Research |language=en-US}} It conducts national and regional political, thematic, marketing and media research on a regular basis. Sociological group "Rating" is a part of the Rating GroupTM "group of companies ". The company has branches in Kyiv and Lviv. The network of interviewers is composed of more than 500 people operating throughout Ukraine.{{Cite web |title=About us |publisher=Sociological Group «Rating» |url=https://ratinggroup.ua/en/about.html}} The company is a permanent member of the Sociological Association of Ukraine.{{Cite web |title=Акредитовані САУ організації |url=https://sau.in.ua/akredytovani-sau-organizacziyi/ |access-date=2022-03-23 |website=САУ – Портал Соціологічної асоціації України |language=uk}}

Clients of the "Rating" Sociological Group are government agencies, non-governmental organizations, business structures, political parties / politicians, and various types of international and domestic media. The company regularly participates in international projects of the International Republican Institute,{{Cite web |title=IRI Ukraine Poll Shows Support for EU/NATO Membership, Concerns over Economy and Vaccines for COVID-19 |url=https://www.iri.org/resources/iri-ukraine-poll-shows-support-for-eu-nato-membership-concerns-over-economy-and-vaccines-for-covid-19/ |access-date=2022-03-23 |website=International Republican Institute |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=IRI Ukraine |title=Seventh Annual Ukrainian Municipal Survey |url=https://iri.org.ua/survey/some-vseukrayinske-munitsypalne-opytuvannya-meshkantsi-mist-zadovoleni-mistsevym}} the Government of Canada, USAID,{{Cite web |title=Public Opinion Survey Residents of Ukraine |url=https://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/PNAEC703.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222092055/http://pdf.usaid.gov/pdf_docs/pnaec703.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 22, 2017}} the World Bank,{{Cite web |last=Sociological Group Rating |title=The state of healthcare in Rivne region: December 2018 |url=https://ratinggroup.ua/en/research/regions/sostoyanie_medicinskoy_sfery_v_rovenskoy_oblasti_dekabr_2018.html}} UNICEF,{{Cite web |title=Government portal of Ukraine. Coronavirus |url=https://ukc.gov.ua/knowdledge/vaktsynatsiya-vid-covid-19-klyuchovi-dani-stanom-na-20-08-2021/}} the National Endowment for Democracy (NED),{{Cite web |last=Sociological Rating Group |title=IRI Ukraine survey of Ukrainian public opinion |url=https://ratinggroup.ua/en/research/ukraine/problemy_kotorye_volnuyut_grazhdan.html}} universities in Poland, Denmark, Switzerland, etc.

The company conducts surveys both in Ukraine and abroad. The polls of the "Rating" group concern various spheres of public life.{{Cite web |title=BBC Monitoring – Essential Media Insight |url=https://monitoring.bbc.co.uk/product/c200rujs |access-date=2022-03-23 |website=monitoring.bbc.co.uk}}{{Cite web |date=2019-04-12 |title=Poll: Volodymyr Zelensky set for comfortable victory in Ukraine's presidential election |url=https://emerging-europe.com/news/poll-volodymyr-zelensky-set-for-comfortable-victory-in-ukraines-presidential-election/ |access-date=2022-03-23 |website=Emerging Europe |language=en-US}}

During the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Rating continued to conduct research using the CATI survey method. The main research topics are the belief in the victory of Ukraine, trust of the Armed Forces, the assessment of the actions of the Ukrainian government, the level of national resistance, the assessment of international aid, the adaptation of Ukrainians to war, etc.{{Cite web |last=Bala |first=Eustance Huang,Abigail Ng,Sumathi |date=2022-03-20 |title=More than 90% of Ukrainians believe their country will win the war; Zelenskyy warns of WWIII |url=https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/20/russia-ukraine-live-updates.html |access-date=2022-03-23 |website=CNBC |language=en}}{{Cite news |last1=Anguiano |first1=Samantha Lock (now); Dani |last2=Booth |first2=Robert |last3=Bartholomew (earlier) |first3=Jem |last4=Ni |first4=Vincent |date=2022-02-28 |title=Zelenskiy backing hits 90% among Ukrainians in poll since invasion – as it happened |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/feb/27/russia-ukraine-latest-news-missile-strikes-on-oil-facilities-reported-as-some-russian-banks-cut-off-from-swift-system-live |access-date=2022-03-23 |issn=0261-3077}}