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Roger L. Costello scripsit:
> Category 6: Social Environment Differences
>
> 1. Social Context: the producer creates the data within a certain
> social context that may not be shared by the consumer.
>
> Example: A "flat" in the U.K. has a very different meaning in
> the U.S. (This is not a good example. Anyone have a better
> example?)
Someone in the U.K. wishes to get statistics on the number of men's pants sold
annually by such-and-such a manufacturer in New York City. He can easily
find this information (let us say), but it will not be what he wants:
he will be getting information on the sales of trousers rather than
unmentionables.
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