Description: Survey Research Designs : Towards a Better Understanding of Their Costs and Benefits, Paperback by Pearson, R. W.; Boruch, Robert F. (EDT), ISBN 0387964282, ISBN-13 9780387964287, Brand New, Free shipping in the US ROBERT F. BORUCH AND ROBERT W. PEARSON During the 13th Century. a vigorous argument among Middle Eastern rabbis concerned how one ought to make a fair assessment of an olive crop value for tithing purposes. Should one consolidate the crop. systematically mix the olives. and then conscientiously draw a small random sample? Or. might one simply grab a handful of olives from the nearest basket and make an estimate of the crops worth. The issue. of course. is one that research designers and research users confront often -- balancing the need for information against the resources that must be put into actually collecting the data -- in deciding how much effort is warranted to produce fair evidence. For the rabbis. who argued for twenty-five years over the matter. the issue can be resolved with a special rule. In this as in other cases. if the demand for information is biblical in origin -- if God is its source. then one ought to be considerably conscientious; a more scientific and more expensive endeavor is warranted. We may at times subscribe to this kind of rule of thumb in determining what quality of information is warranted under what conditions. But other rules and approaches are possible. And as medieval Jewish. Arabic. and Christian philosophy suggests. the alternatives need to be thought out and tested. Our interest is a bit more contemporary but has some spiritual kinship with early scholars interest in empirical evidence.
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Book Title: Survey Research Designs : Towards a Better Understanding of Their
Number of Pages: VI, 132 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Survey Research Designs : Towards a Better Understanding of Their Costs and Benefits
Publisher: Springer New York
Subject: Probability & Statistics / General, Statistics
Publication Year: 1986
Item Weight: 9 Oz
Type: Textbook
Author: R. F. Boruch
Item Length: 9.6 in
Subject Area: Mathematics, Social Science
Item Width: 6.7 in
Series: Lecture Notes in Statistics Ser.
Format: Trade Paperback