Sampling strategies for the arts: A hypernetwork approach

This paper briefly describes some methods that can be used to generate and analyze data on arts-related phenomena. It begins with a brief summary of t he advantages of probability samples for the study of the arts, and then de scribes the hypernetwork sampling method for generating data on entities fo r which no sampling frame exists. The paper then discusses some examples of the analysis of hypernetwork data, and concludes with some sensitizing que stions that could be addressed. (c) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights r eserved.