Provide insight to a topic or person with columns that provide question-and-answer interviews.
When was the last time Borger gave us actual new information or a unique new insight on any topic or person?
Instead, ask if they know anyone who might be a good source of insight on a particular topic, and they may suggest a person who they feel comfortable connecting.
Rather than using random samples to generalize findings to populations, purposive sampling selects a sample for its ability to provide insight on a research topic (Ulin et al. 2005).
Like many journals, EHP has a section devoted to Commentaries that are intended to "present information and insight on a particular topic" [see EHP's Instructions to Authors available online (http://www.ehponline.org/docs/admin/ita.html)].
But experience has taught him that if you dare to strike up a discussion with the person next to you, you might very well end up with a new friend, a business connection, or some novel insights on an old topic.
"The basic idea was that we felt that a survey, while providing a great deal of insight on the topic, would not be as useful as a mixed-method where we included the survey along with other research strategies to gain qualitative and quantitative data," said Matt Kerwick, a UT-Austin research scientist involved in the study.
Asked about the potential recycling of AT&T's "bio-tracking clothes," a company spokeswoman, Dawn Benton, wrote, "At this point in time we don't have a comment or insight on this topic".
In a statement, Citigroup said he provided "insight on a broad range of topics including the global and domestic economy" to prestigious clients, and attended internal meetings.
