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Das Das Kirchheimer Rechnungsbuch der Barbara von Speyer (1478-1486) : Auswahltranskription Hauptsstaatsarchiv Stuttgart A 493 Bü I
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Das Rechnungsbuch der Schaffnerin Barbara von Speyer listet Einnahmen und Ausgaben des Dominikanerinnenkonvents St. Johannes Baptista in Kirchheim unter Teck für die Jahre 1481 bis 1485 auf. Neben Auskünften über die verschiedenen Handelspartner der Klosterfrauen wie Bauern, Winzer oder Handwerker, informiert die Quelle auch über Details, wie z.B. die Kosten für ein neues Fenster im Refektorium oder über den Lohn eines klösterlichen Fuhrunternehmers. Die Quelle ermöglicht Einblicke in den Alltag und die Wirtschaftsführung einer mittelalterlichen Lebensgemeinschaft von Frauen. Im hier vorgelegten Beitrag konzentrieren wir uns auf die Ausgaben für Lebensmittel, besonders für Fisch, Früchte, Fleisch oder Gewürze (fol. 75r bis 86v) und damit auf Fragen zur Ernährung, zu den Lebenshaltungskosten und zum Lebensstandard in einem schwäbischen Frauenkloster.
The paper presents a partial transcription of the account book of Barbara of Speyer, of Kirchheim under Teck in the years 1478 to 1486. It illustrates daily life of women living in a Dominican community in the South of Germany. Barbara, in charge of book keeping, carefully lists revenues and expenditures of the communities household. We learn about the cost of eggs, fish, wine, butter, fruit and vegetable etc., but also luxury goods, such as fur or expensive spices, like safran. Her book keeping also offers insights into the wages paid by the nuns to their workers in the vineyards, the carpenters or for transport and repair services. 
#GRÜSSEAUSDEMLESESAAL: Social Media im Historischen Archiv der Stadt Köln
Full text linkDas Historische Archiv der Stadt Köln (HAStK) hat einen ausgesprochen regen Facebook-Auftritt, der viele Geschichtsinteressierte anzieht. Kein Wunder – denn hier kommen Geschichten direkt aus den trotz der Katastrophe von 2009 immer noch reichen Archivschätzen der Stadt. Die Texte sind eine gelungen Kombination aus O-Tönen, Geschichte und guten Abbildungen. Sie sind lehrreich, aber nicht belehrend. Hiram Kümper hat mit den Verantwortlichen für diesen gelungenen Auftritt ein kurzes Gespräch über ihre Social Media-Arbeit geführt
Introduction : Le réseau de recherche transfrontalier sur l’intercompréhension et l’interculturalité
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Video in Survey Interviews: Effects on Data Quality and Respondent Experience
Full text linkThis study investigates the extent to which video technologies – now ubiquitous – might be useful for survey measurement. We compare respondents’ performance and experience (n = 1,067) in live video-mediated interviews, a web survey in which prerecorded interviewers read questions, and a conventional (textual) web survey. Compared to web survey respondents, those interviewed via live video were less likely to select the same response for all statements in a battery (non-differentiation) and reported higher satisfaction with their experience but provided more rounded numerical (presumably less thoughtful) answers and selected answers that were less sensitive (more socially desirable). This suggests the presence of a live interviewer, even if mediated, can keep respondents motivated and conscientious but may introduce time pressure – a likely reason for increased rounding – and social presence – a likely reason for more socially desirable responding. Respondents “interviewed” by a prerecorded interviewer, rounded fewer numerical answers and responded more candidly than did those in the other modes, but engaged in non-differentiation more than did live video respondents, suggesting there are advantages and disadvantages for both video modes. Both live and prerecorded video seem potentially viable for use in production surveys and may be especially valuable when in-person interviews are not feasible
Do We Have to Mix Modes in Probability-Based Online Panel Research to Obtain More Accurate Results?
Full text linkOnline probability-based panels often apply two or more data collection modes to cover both the online and offline populations with the aim of obtaining results that are more representative of the population of interest. This study used such a panel to investigate how necessary it is, from the coverage error standpoint, to include the offline population by mixing modes in online panel survey research. This study evaluated the problem from three different perspectives: undercoverage bias, bias related to survey item topics and variable characteristics, and accuracy of online-only samples relative to nationally representative benchmarks. The results indicated that attitudinal, behavioral, and factual differences between the online and offline populations in Australia are, on average, minor. This means that, considering that survey research commonly includes a relatively low proportion of the offline population, survey estimates would not be significantly affected if probability-based panels did not mix modes and instead were online only, for the majority of topics. The benchmarking analysis showed that mixing the online mode with the offline mode did not improve the average accuracy of estimates relative to nationally representative benchmarks. Based on these findings, it is argued that other online panels should study this issue from different perspectives using the approaches proposed in this paper. There might also be an argument for (temporarily) excluding the offline population in probability-based online panel research in particular country contexts as this might have practical implications
Different Approaches to Incorporate the Aspect of Practical Relevance in the Statistical Inferential Process
Full text linkIn different scientific areas, empirical studies are typically carried out by statistical null hypothesis tests. Despite the long tradition of applications, misinterpretations and misuses of the concept have led to a substantial confidence crisis in its inferential quality. One of the discussed issues is the significance-relevance discrepancy of the results of standardly applied zero-effect null hypothesis tests. This means that statistically significant test results do not automatically also have to be of scientific relevance in the specific research context. Therefore, this article is aimed at practitioners of empirical research who might want to include the aspect of practical relevance in their statistical conclusions. Different approaches to include this aspect in the inferential process are discussed with an example from the field of educational research
The Cologne Schreinsbücher as a source for economic history in a late medieval town
Full text linkDas Hauptziel dieses Beitrags besteht darin, die Gültigkeit einer bekannten Gruppe früher Stadtbücher, der Kölner Schreinsbücher, als Quellen zur Erforschung der städtischen Wirtschaft im Spätmittelalter zu skizzieren und beispielhaft aufzuzeigen. Der Artikel befasst sich in vier Abschnitten mit verschiedenen Aspekten: zuerst der Art und Weise, wie die Geschäfte eingetragen wurden und zu welchen Kategorien von Rechtspraktiken sie gehören. Danach wie diese Rechtspraktiken im Laufe der Jahrhunderte beschrieben werden sowie die Rolle der scabini (Stadtrichter) im Produktionsprozess und viertens Erkenntnisse zur Wirtschaftsgeschichte, die durch eine Analyse der beschriebenen Transaktionen gewonnen werden können. Somit wird das Potential der Kölner Schreinsbücher als frühe Stadtbücher für die Erforschung der spätmittelalterlichen Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte herausgestellt.The main purpose of this study is to briefly describe and prove the validity of one of these town books, namely the Schreinsbücher of Cologne, as a basis for research on city economy in the later Middle Ages. In order to do that, the paper has been composed of four chapters that delve into four aspects of the collection of registrations: the way the acts were registered and the categories of legal practices they are part of, how these legal practices are described through the centuries, the role of scabini (city judges) in the productive process and the economic insights that could be gathered by an analysis on the transactions described in the collection. Thus, the potential of the Schreinsbücher from Cologne and of town books in general as a source for later medieval economic history’s research will be made clear