1 INTRODUCTION
2 BASICS OF LOW-RESOLUTION SPECTROSCOPY
2.1 Key Parameters of Spectroscopic Surveys
2.2 Principal Spectral Features
2.3 Additional Systematics Affecting the Incompleteness
3 SIMULATED DATA
4 FROM THE REDSHIFTS TO COSMOLOGY
4.1 Analyzing 1-D Spectra
4.2 Photometric Redshifts
4.3 Effect on the Cosmological Parameters
5 SPECTROSCOPIC SUCCESS AND FAILURE
5.1 Spectroscopic Success Rate
5.2 Where Do the Wrong Redshifts Go?
6 SPECTROSCOPIC SELECTION MATCHING
6.1 Culling Approach to Selection Matching
6.2 Weights Approach to Selection Matching
7 DISCUSSION: ROBUSTNESS OF ASSUMPTIONS AND RESULTS
8 IMPLICATIONS FOR SURVEY DESIGN
9 CONCLUSIONS