1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910460384803321

Titolo

Transformations of knowledge in Dutch expansion / / edited by Susanne Friedrich, Arndt Brendecke and Stefan Ehrenpreis

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Germany ; ; Boston, Massachusetts : , : De Gruyter, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

3-11-039146-5

3-11-036617-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 pages)

Collana

Pluralisierung & Autorität, , 2076-8281 ; ; Band 44

Classificazione

NK 2405

Disciplina

303.482492

Soggetti

Knowledge

Electronic books.

Germany, Northern Relations Netherlands

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction / Brendecke, Arndt / Friedrich, Susanne -- Re-Orienting the Transformation of Knowledge in Dutch Expansion: Nagasaki as a Centre of Accumulation and Management / Roberts, Lissa -- Botanical Knowledge in Early Modern Japan and Europe: Transformations and Parallel Developments / Ishizu, Mina / Valeriani, Simona -- Empiricism and Image-Building: The Creation and Dissemination of Knowledge on Dutch Brazil 1636-1750 / Ehrenpreis, Stefan -- Arnoldus Montanus, Dutch Brazil, and the Re-Emergence of Cannibalism / Groesen, Michiel van -- Knowledge Products and their Transmediations: Dutch Geography and the Transformation of the World / Schmidt, Benjamin -- Transformations and Transformativity of Knowledge: François Le Vaillant's Travelogues from the Dutch Cape Colony / Fischer-Kattner, Anke -- Botanical Knowledge in Early Modern Malabar and the Netherlands: A Review of Van Reede's Hortus Malabaricus / Singh, Anjana -- Under the Spell of Curiositas: Wouter Schouten (1638-1704) as Ethnologist and Natural Scientist / Noak, Bettina -- Before the Bible, beyond the Bible...? VOC Travelogues, World Views and the Paradigms of Christian Europe / Rietbergen, Peter -- Index



Sommario/riassunto

In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, objects, texts and people travelled around the world on board Dutch ships. The essays in this book explore how these circulations transformed knowledge in Asian and European societies. They concentrate on epistemic consequences in the fields of historiography, geography, natural history, religion and philosophy, as well as in everyday life. Emphasizing transformations, the volume reconstructs small semantic shifts of knowledge and tentative adjustments to new cultural contexts. It unfolds the often conflict-ridden, complex and largely global history of specific pieces of knowledge as well as of generally-shared contemporary understandings regarding what could or could not be considered true. The book contributes to current debates about how to conceptualize the unsettled epistemologies of the early modern world.

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Record Nr.

UNINA9911019746503321

Autore

Bethlehem Jelke G

Titolo

Applied survey methods : a statistical perspective / / Jelke Bethlehem

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, NJ, : Wiley, c2009

ISBN

9786612137723

9781282137721

1282137727

9780470494998

0470494999

9780470494981

0470494980

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (394 p.)

Collana

Wiley series in survey methodology

Disciplina

001.4/33

519.5

Soggetti

Surveys - Statistical methods

Sampling (Statistics)

Surveys - Methodology

Estimation theory

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.



Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Applied Survey Methods; Contents; Preface; 1. The Survey Process; 1.1. About Surveys; 1.2. A Survey, Step-by-Step; 1.3. Some History of Survey Research; 1.4. This Book; 1.5. Samplonia; Exercises; 2. Basic Concepts; 2.1. The Survey Objectives; 2.2. The Target Population; 2.3. The Sampling Frame; 2.4. Sampling; 2.5. Estimation; Exercises; 3. Questionnaire Design; 3.1. The Questionnaire; 3.2. Factual and Nonfactual Questions; 3.3. The Question Text; 3.4. Answer Types; 3.5. Question Order; 3.6. Questionnaire Testing; Exercises; 4. Single Sampling Designs; 4.1. Simple Random Sampling

4.2. Systematic Sampling4.3. Unequal Probability Sampling; 4.4. Systematic Sampling with Unequal Probabilities; Exercises; 5. Composite Sampling Designs; 5.1. Stratified Sampling; 5.2. Cluster Sampling; 5.3. Two-Stage Sampling; 5.4. Two-Dimensional Sampling; Exercises; 6. Estimators; 6.1. Use of Auxiliary Information; 6.2. A Descriptive Model; 6.3. The Direct Estimator; 6.4. The Ratio Estimator; 6.5. The Regression Estimator; 6.6. The Poststratification Estimator; Exercises; 7. Data Collection; 7.1. Traditional Data Collection; 7.2. Computer-Assisted Interviewing

7.3. Mixed-Mode Data Collection7.4. Electronic Questionnaires; 7.5. Data Collection with Blaise; Exercises; 8. The Quality of the Results; 8.1. Errors in Surveys; 8.2. Detection and Correction of Errors; 8.3. Imputation Techniques; 8.4. Data Editing Strategies; Exercises; 9. The Nonresponse Problem; 9.1. Nonresponse; 9.2. Response Rates; 9.3. Models for Nonresponse; 9.4. Analysis of Nonresponse; 9.5. Nonresponse Correction Techniques; Exercises; 10. Weighting Adjustment; 10.1. Introduction; 10.2. Poststratification; 10.3. Linear Weighting; 10.4. Multiplicative Weighting

10.5. Calibration Estimation10.6. Other Weighting Issues; 10.7. Use of Propensity Scores; 10.8. A Practical Example; Exercises; 11. Online Surveys; 11.1. The Popularity of Online Research; 11.2. Errors in Online Surveys; 11.3. The Theoretical Framework; 11.4. Correction by Adjustment Weighting; 11.5. Correction Using a Reference Survey; 11.6. Sampling the Non-Internet Population; 11.7. Propensity Weighting; 11.8. Simulating the Effects of Undercoverage; 11.9. Simulating the Effects of Self-Selection; 11.10. About the Use of Online Surveys; Exercises; 12. Analysis and Publication

12.1. About Data Analysis12.2. The Analysis of Dirty Data; 12.3. Preparing a Survey Report; 12.4. Use of Graphs; Exercises; 13. Statistical Disclosure Control; 13.1. Introduction; 13.2. The Basic Disclosure Problem; 13.3. The Concept of Uniqueness; 13.4. Disclosure Scenarios; 13.5. Models for the Disclosure Risk; 13.6. Practical Disclosure Protection; Exercises; References; Index

Sommario/riassunto

A complete, hands-on guide to the use of statistical methods for obtaining reliable and practical survey research  Applied Survey Methods provides a comprehensive outline of the complete survey process, from design to publication. Filling a gap in the current literature, this one-of-a-kind book describes both the theory and practical applications of survey research with an emphasis on the statistical aspects of survey methods. The book begins with a brief historic overview of survey research methods followed by a discussion that details the needed first steps for carrying o