Research methods in anthropology : qualitative and quantitative approaches
Research Methods in Anthropology is the standard textbook for methods classes in anthropology programs. Over the past dozen years, it has launched tens of thousands of students into the field with its combination of rigorous methodology, wry humor, commonsense advice, and numerous examples from actual field projects. Now the fourth edition of this classic textbook is ready, written in Russ Bernard's unmistakable conversational style. It contains all the useful methodological advice of previous editions and more: additional material on text analysis, an expanded section on sampling in field sett
1 online resource (xvi, 803 pages) : illustrations
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Anthropology and the social sciences
The foundations of social research
Preparing for research
The literature search
Research design : experiments and experimental thinking
Sampling
Sampling theory
Nonprobability sampling and choosing informants
Interviewing : unstructured and semistructured
Structured interviewing I : questionnaires
Structured interviewing II : cultural domain analysis
Scales and scaling
Participant observation
Field notes: how to take them, code them, manage them
Direct and indirect observation
Introduction to qualitative and quantitative analysis
Qualitative data analysis I : text analysis
Qualitative data analysis II : models and matrices
Univariate analysis
Bivariate analysis : testing relations
Multivariate analysis
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