Lizardmen are Not Constant - A Introductory Primer to Thinking about Survey Data

The quality of a survey is best judged not by its size, scope, or prominence, but by how much attention is given to dealing with the many important problems that can arise.-Fritz Scheuren, "What is a Survey?" American Statistical Association, 2004First a note on scope: this is a brief discussion meant to--hopefully--assist readers in thinking more clearly about how to look at survey data. I will not, however, enumerate all of the issues and considerations that should go into considering surveys....