[Promotion] Research proposal

[Sebastian Kügler]

On Saturday 08 April 2006 19:52, Martijn Klingens wrote:
> On Friday 17 February 2006 10:15, John Williams wrote:
> > Data collection is the problem, as outlined above.  Statistical analysis
> > is easy for someone who knows what they are doing (e.g. me, see ).
> >
> > Could we focus our efforts on the sampling frame and data collection
> > problems please?  [...]
> >
> > Thoughts?
>
> Has anything ever happened since this discussion? From the looks of it it's
> been remarkably silent. I haven't had time to follow this list too closely
> over the past two months though. Did I miss anything on this subject?

Not yet. The main problems we're facing (other than lack of time) are:

	- Finding a sample is very hard,
	- Finding a means of data collection that matches the sample is even harder
	- Data collection is extremely expensive
	- We'd need a constant observation of the market, rather than a one time 
	  snapshot

OSDL has offered some assistance on this topic, but no details have been 
worked out yet. 

Good point, though. Should we - given our constraints - work out a more 
detailed roadmap to solve the research issue? 

Do others (John, maybe) have ideas how we should proceed?
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