Safiyo ba free, kuma wannan shi ne ainihin tauyewa.
Ya zuwa yanzu, Na takaice binciki total binciken kuskure tsarin, wanda kanta ne batun littafin tsawon jiyya (Weisberg 2005; Groves et al. 2009) . Ko da yake wannan tsarin ne m, shi kullum yana sa masu bincike su bar fitar da wani muhimmanci factor: cost. Ko da yake kudin-wanda za a iya auna da ko dai lokaci ko kudi-wuya baro-baro tattauna da ilimi masu bincike, shi ne mai real tauyewa da muka yi watsi da a mu shan wahala. A gaskiya, da dalilin da masu bincike hira samfurori mutane maimakon dukan yawan ne ya cece kudi. Saboda haka, kudin ne muhimman hakkokin ga aiwatar da binciken bincike (Groves 2004) . A single-shiryayye addini a minimizing kuskure yayin gaba daya kyalewa halin kaka ba ko da yaushe a cikin mafi kyau sha'awa.
The gazawar wani kamu da wani ra'ayi tare da rage kuskure aka kwatanta da landmark nazarin Scott Keeter da kuma abokan aiki (2000) a kan effects tsada filin gudanar domin rage wadanda ba mayar da martani a tarho safiyo. Keeter da kuma abokan aiki gudu biyu lokaci daya safiyo, daya ta yin amfani da "Standard" hanyoyin da daya ta yin amfani da "rigorous" hanyoyin. Ko da yake "rigorous" hanyoyin aikata samar da ƙananan kudi na wadanda ba amsa, kimomi daga duka samfurori kasance m guda. Duk da haka, da "rigorous" hanyoyin kudin wajen sau biyu a matsayin mai yawa kuma ya dauki 8 sau tsawo. Shin mun mafi alhẽri a kashe tare da 2 m safiyo ko 1 ruwan tekun Atlantika binciken? Abin da game da 10 m safiyo ko 1 ruwan tekun Atlantika binciken? Abin da game da 100 m safiyo ko 1 ruwan tekun Atlantika binciken? A wani matsayi cost abũbuwan amfãni dole outweigh m, wadanda ba musamman damuwa game quality.
Da dama daga cikin damar da halitta da digital shekaru ba game da samar da kiyasin cewa a fili da ƙananan ɓata. Maimakon haka, wadannan damar ne game da samar da kimomi rahusa da sauri, amma watakila tare da kurakurai da cewa a halin yanzu mafi girma ko wuya don auna. Kamar yadda da dama daga cikin misalai a cikin wannan sura zai nuna, masu bincike suka nace a kan wani aure shiryayye kamu da wani ra'ayi da minimizing kuskure a kudi na sauran girma quality za miss fita a kan m damar. Aka ba da wannan baya game da total binciken kuskure tsarin, yanzu za mu juya zuwa uku main yankunan na uku zamanin binciken bincike: sabon hanyoyin wakilci (Sashe 3.4), da sabon hanyoyin ji (Sashe 3.5), da kuma sabon dabarun hada safiyo da digital burbushi (Sashe 3.6).