estás planificando tu metodología, vas pensando en tus análisis, y alguna mala costumbre te lleva a pensar que quizá se hubiera de hacer una buena publicación en otro idioma. ¡ay! ¿y cómo se decía muestreo de bola de nieve en vasco?

international statistical institute dixit:
dictionaries of statistical terms already exist in many languages. however, most of them only have translations to and from english. for certain specialised fields in statistics, dictionaries with more than two languages also exist. the excellent work by rasch et al (1994) gives terms from biometry in 6 languages. unfortunately, such books are rather costly and therefore hardly affordable to individual statisticians. especially scientists from the developing countries are prohibited from spending the large sums required to acquire such books, however useful they may be.

as isi has set itself the goal of further emphasising its strong commitment to the improvement of statistics and statistical sciences in developing countries, the need for an affordable glossary has become more evident. the developments in computers and computer software have induced us to broaden our scope. the idea surfaced of compiling an electronic database from which several products could emerge. these products could range from simple printed glossaries with a limited set of terms in just a few languages to cd-rom based programmes for the complete set in many languages. also, www based products written in html and accessible via internet have now been realised.

un glosario desarrollado por el international statistical institute mucho más que útil, con traducciones entre muchas 27 lenguas (incluídas el vasco y el catalán), que permitien al más pintado hacer un uso correcto de la terminología en metodología. buen provecho!

ps. nunca uses muestreo en bola de nieve, si lo que buscas es un muestreo aleatorio. aunque si sabes qué es, la nota carece de sentido