Sword collecting in America

[BIG]

Nice pdf ..

 

 

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[BIG]

Go on the permanent link..

[Gakusee]

13 minutes ago, BIG said:

Go on the permanent link..

 

For me the link does not work

[Baba Yaga]

Pge 64. "Aggregate Data for Study Participants The aggregate demographics for the twenty participants are included below. Information gathered from these participants is also broken down into participant birth decade, the type of event that inspired the participants’ interest in swords, as well as which decade this exposure took place in order to see a trend in exposure types. Other  64 questions that the data were coded for include: understanding the Japanese swords as art."

 

I saw Harvard and almost spit my morning coffee up. Way too small for sample participants.  

[Brian]

It's a good read though. Kudos to Katherine for tackling the subject.

[Winchester]

The link isn't working for me either, but I believe I read this in April if it is the one from/hosted by Harvard.

 

The author reached out to well-known collectors and others to help formulate an opinion and commentary. I wouldn't dismiss it, but it is certainly not comprehensive nor likely intended to be. Good introductory read I thought. YMMV

 

[Brian]

I suspect that sharing this for educational purposes without any commercial use would be considered fair use.
So I'll upload it here for those that can't seem to load it. If there are any objections I'll remove it.

 

Petterson_CompletedFormatReview_8.16.21.pdf

[Gakusee]

Thanks, Brian

 

This is very interesting. Nothing to do with sword knowledge per se but more about the psychology and history of collecting or even merely the interest in Japanese swords (as some of the interviewees are not collectors, in their own words). 

[Baba Yaga]

21 hours ago, Brian said:

It's a good read though. Kudos to Katherine for tackling the subject.

 

Really?

 

S= Z² × P ×  (1−P)M2   What's the number (S) for American Collectors. It should be simple for a Harvard Grad spending $120K for a Masters Thesis. 

[1kinko]

Whatsa matta Baba, didn’t she consult you? Or just none of the conspiracies your thrive on? 

[Baba Yaga]

8 minutes ago, 1kinko said:

Whatsa matta Baba, didn’t she consult you? Or just none of the conspiracies your thrive on? 

 

Ah sarcasm, why consult with me, Im not her professor. Maybe you can help make sence of this and add some valadity. Someone wasn't "paying" attension in statisics class. 

 S= Z² × P ×  (1−P)M2   What's the number (S) for American Collectors. It should be simple for a Harvard Grad spending $120K for a Masters Thesis. 

 

BTW Harvard is a Hedge Fund with a education facility attached. 

[John C]

The author was conducting a qualitative study rather than a quantitative one. In a thematic (case) study, the N does not need to be as large as it would need to be to conduct inferential statistics. Indeed, I have seen case studies done with an N of 5. Qualitative analysis software makes the job of pulling out themes a lot easier than it used to be.

John C.

[Bruce Pennington]

Over 100 pages!  Guess it's going to take a while to read, but looks interesting.  Thanks Brian! and Peter!