ISBN:
0759108684
,
0759108692
,
9786612497964
Language:
English
Pages:
XVI, 803 S.
,
graph. Darst
Edition:
4. ed.
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2010 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version Research Methods in Anthropology : Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches
DDC:
301/.072
Keywords:
Ethnology Methodology
;
Kulturanthropologie
;
Methode
;
Anthropologie
;
Forschungsmethode
;
Anthropologie
;
Empirische Sozialforschung
Abstract:
Research Methods in Anthropology is the standard textbook for methods classes in anthropology. Written in Russ BernardOs unmistakable conversational style, his guide has launched tens of thousands of students into the fieldwork enterprise with a combination of rigorous methodology, wry humor, and commonsense advice. The author has thoroughly updated this new fourth edition. Whether you are coming from a scientific, interpretive, or applied anthropological tradition, you will learn field methods from the best guide in both qualitative and quantitative methods
Description / Table of Contents:
Contents; Preface; 1 Anthropology and the Social Sciences; 2 The Foundations of Social Research; 3 Preparing for Research; 4 The Literature Search; 5 Research Design: Experiments and Experimental Thinking; 6 Sampling; 7 Sampling Theory; 8 Nonprobability Sampling and Choosing Informants; 9 Interviewing: Unstructured and Semistructured; 10 Structured Interviewing I: Questionnaires; 11 Structured Interviewing II: Cultural Domain Analysis; 12 Scales and Scaling; 13 Participant Observation; 14 Field Notes: How to Take Them, Code Them, Manage Them; 15 Direct and Indirect Observation
Description / Table of Contents:
16 Introduction to Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis17 Qualitative Data Analysis I: Text Analysis; 18 Qualitative Data Analysis II: Models and Matrices; 19 Univariate Analysis; 20 Bivariate Analysis: Testing Relations; 21 Multivariate Analysis; APPENDIX A: Table of Random Numbers; APPENDIX B: Table of Areas under a Normal Curve; APPENDIX C: Student's t Distribution; APPENDIX D: Chi-Square Distribution Table; APPENDIX E: F Table for the .05 Level of Significance; APPENDIX F: Resources for Fieldworkers; References; Subject Index; Author Index; About the Author
Note:
MyiLibrary e-book project
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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