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| Survey Research in the Study of Contemporary China:Learning from Local Samples |
| [1]美国威斯康星大学政治学系，麦迪逊 [2]华中科技大学管理学院博士生 [3]香港浸会大学政府与国际研究系副教授 |
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Abstract This article sets out what can (and what cannot) be inferred from the unrepresentative samples of the Chinese population that are the basis for most survey research conducted in mainland China. Clearly, a sample of Chinese interviewed in a locality or localities selected for convenience does not reliably represent a larger population of interest. This article shows that, in principle, there is no reason to think of local samples as "case studies". While data from local samples cannot be relied on for descriptions of a larger population along any single dimension, this unrepresentativeness does not necessarily affect generalizability of findings about relationships between variables.
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Received: 25 May 2004
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