Research methods in anthropology: qualitative and quantitative approaches - 5. ed

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. 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. Anthropology And The Social Sciences -- The Foundations Of Social Research -- Preparing For Research -- Research Design: Experiments And Experimental Thinking -- Sampling I: The Basics -- Sampling Ii: Theory -- Sampling Iii: Nonprobability Samples And Choosing Informants -- Interviewing I: Unstructured And Semistructured -- Interviewing Ii: Questionnaires -- Interviewing Iii: Cultural Domains -- Scales And Scaling -- Participant Observation -- Field Notes And Database Management -- Direct And Indirect Observation -- Introduction To Qualitative And Quantitative Analysis -- Cognitive Anthropology I: Analyzing Cultural Domains -- Cognitive Anthropology Ii: Decision Modeling, Taxonomies, And Componential Analysis -- Text Analysis I: Interpretive Analysis, Narrative Analysis, Performance Analysis, And Conversation Analysis -- Text Analysis Ii: Schema Analysis, Grounded Theory, Content Analysis, And Analytic Induction -- Univariate Analysis -- Bivariate Analysis: Testing Relations -- Multivariate Analysis -- Appendices. H. Russell Bernard. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes. This text presents topics such as treatment of sampling, interviewing, participant observation, taking and managing field notes, analyzing data, and text analysis. The author also discusses recording equipment, voice recognition software, computer-based questionnaire methods, internet-based surveys, and word processors as text managers Uploaded By: Syed Faizan Haider www.facebook.com/syedfaizanhaider