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Research Methods in Anthropology

Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches

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Research Methods in Anthropology

Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches

  • Textbook
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Research Methods in Anthropology is the standard textbook for methods classes in anthropology. Written in Russ Bernard's 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. 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.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Anthropology and the Social Sciences
Chapter 2. The Foundations of Social Research
Chapter 3. Preparing for Research
Chapter 4. Research Design: Experiments and Experimental Thinking
Chapter 5. Sampling I: The Basics
Chapter 6. Sampling II: Theory
Chapter 7. Sampling III: Nonprobability Samples and Choosing Informants
Chapter 8. Interviewing I: Unstructured and Semistructured
Chapter 9. Interviewing II: Questionnaires
Chapter 10. Interviewing III: Cultural Domains
Chapter 11. Scales and Scaling
Chapter 12. Participant Observation
Chapter 13. Field Notes and Database Management
Chapter 14. Direct and Indirect Observation
Chapter 15. Introduction to Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis
Chapter 16. Cognitive Anthropology I: Analyzing Cultural Domains
Chapter 17. Cognitive Anthropology II: Decision Modeling, Taxonomies, and Componential Analysis
Chapter 18. Text Analysis I: Interpretive Analysis, Narrative Analysis, Performance Analysis, and Conversation Analysis
Chapter 19. Text Analysis II: Schema Analysis, Grounded Theory, Content Analysis, and Analytic Induction
Chapter 20. Univariate Analysis
Chapter 21. Bivariate Analysis
Chapter 22. Multivariate Analysis

Product details

Published 16 Apr 2011
Format Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition 5th
Extent 680
ISBN 9780759112438
Imprint AltaMira Press
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

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