The Problem of Informant Accuracy: The Validity of Retrospective Data 论文

1984Annual Review of Anthropology引用 898
Bayesian Modeling and Causal InferenceImage Retrieval and Classification TechniquesPhilosophy and History of Science

详细信息

发表期刊/会议
Annual Review of Anthropology
发表日期
1984-10-01
发表年份
1984

关键词

Bayesian Modeling and Causal InferenceImage Retrieval and Classification TechniquesPhilosophy and History of Science

摘要

Lee Sailer Department of Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15260 A measurement whose accuracy is completely unknown has no use whatever [Wilson ( 1 07. p. 232)]. A serious obstacle in the use of replications for increasing accuracy is the tendency to get closely agreeing repetitions for irrelevant reasons [Wilson (107. p. 253)1. My people don't lie to me (Anonymous Anthropologist).