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Lizardmen are Not Constant - A Introductory Primer to Thinking about Survey Data

> The quality of a survey is best judged not by its size, scope, or prominence, but by how much attention is given to dealing with the many important problems that can arise. > > -Fritz Scheuren, "What is a Survey?" American Statistical Association, 2004 First a note on scope:...

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Lizards and Less Wrong Jargon - A Brief Critique of Convention

> It is often easier to make up words of this kind (deregionalize, impermissible, extramarital, non-fragmentary and so forth) than to think up the English words that will cover one’s meaning. The result, in general, is an increase in slovenliness and vagueness. > > … > > Never use a...

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