Complete enumeration of periodical-reported events can substitute for representative sampling

Evidence

We sought not to find every event about which information was available or even a representative sample of such events, but a complete enumeration of those described in standard periodicals whose principles of selection we could examine, and sometimes even test. — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 312

Categorization

• XREF: This enumeration-over-sampling strategy parallels the reader’s concern for how one builds evidence for a contention-repertoire matrix. — connects to: Eighteenth-century British contention was parochial, particular, and bifurcated — Charles Tilly, Regimes and Repertoires, 327; Cataloguing behaviors is insufficient; deciphering them requires a proper method; A single observed sequence may be arbitrary coincidence — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 1129 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Cataloguing behaviors is insufficient; deciphering them requires a proper method #contradicts (0.80)
• Dogmatic cataloguing of sources replaced real historical interpretation #contradicts (0.75) — Antonio Gramsci, Selections from the Prison Notebooks, 1478
• A single observed sequence may be arbitrary coincidence #qualifies (0.72) — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 1129