Imininingwane inhlolovo Iphutha = ukumelwa iziphambeko + amaphutha nesilinganiso.
Kukhona izinhlobo eziningi amaphutha ukuthi kungaba isinyenyela ezakhishwa survey, futhi kusukela 1940 abacwaningi baye balwela ukukhumula ehlelekile ukuhlela, baqonde, futhi banciphise la maphutha. Umphumela obalulekile kusuka konke lokho umzamo Imininingwane kohlaka iphutha inhlolovo (Groves et al. 2009; Weisberg 2005) . Ukuqondisisa main kusukela Imininingwane kohlaka iphutha inhlolovo wukuthi izinkinga angaqoqwa amabhakede ezimbili eziyinhloko: izinkinga ezihlobene abantu okhuluma nabo (setfulo) kanye nezinkinga ezihlobene nalokho ongayifunda kulabo izingxoxo (sikalo). Ngokwesibonelo, ungase ube nesithakazelo kulinganiswa izimo zengqondo mayelana nobumfihlo online phakathi abadala abahlala eFrance. Ukwenza lezi tilinganiso kudinga zinhlobo ezimbili impela ezahlukene nikhuluma. Okokuqala, kusukela izimpendulo wokuthi ukupha abanye izinto, kumele ukuphetha isimo sazo sengqondo mayelana nobumfihlo online. Okwesibili, ezimweni zengqondo eqondiwe phakathi Kubantu abaphendula, kumelwe cabangela izimo zengqondo labantu wonkana. Uhlobo lokuqala nikhuluma esizindeni kwengqondo kanye nesayensi yebuhlakani; kanye nohlobo nikhuluma wesibili domain izibalo. A ephelele sampling uhlelo imibuzo ezimbi inhlolovo Ngokuqinisekile uyoveza tilinganiso okubi, futhi izibonelo isikimu omubi imibuzo inhlolovo abaphelele bayophila ngokuvumelana bakhiqiza tilinganiso ezimbi. Tilinganiso okuphumelelayo kudinga ngokuyinhloko tindlela letivakalako ukulinganisa nokumelwa. Ngenxa yalezi, olandelayo, ngizobuya sibukeze indlela inhlolovo abacwaningi abaye bazibuza yona ukumelwa nezilinganiso esikhathini esidlule. Ngilindele ukuthi eziningi zalezi zinto kuyoba ukubuyekeza ukuba scienitsts social, kodwa kungase kube kusha abanye ososayensi idatha. Khona-ke, Ngizokukhombisa ukuthi lezo zimfundiso khaphi digital ucwaningo yobudala inhlolovo.