The dictionary says that the word "mosaic" means a picture or design that is made by placing small colored pieces together.

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Let me read to you-- this is taken from his book: "What this kind of research design means is a change in our conception of statistics, and especially of sampling theory.

以下这话引自他的书：,“设计出这类调研是为了,改变我们对统计的观念，尤其是对抽样调查的看法。

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It's seeking to ascertain the meaning of events to draw larger philosophical, ideological conclusions from the events of history, and to point to the larger purpose or design of history, not to say just what happened, but to say why it happened and what it means for us today that it did happen.

它致力于查明事件的意义,得出哲学性的思想性的结论，从历史事件中，并且指出历史图景中的宏观目的，不说发生了什么，而阐明为什么它会发生,而它发生了对于今天的我们有何意义。

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