Research methods in cultural anthropology /

Bernard, H. Russell 1940-

Research methods in cultural anthropology / H. Russell Bernard. - Newbury Park, Calif. : Sage Publications, c1988. - 520 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Includes Bibliographical references(p. 486-503)and indexes.

PART ONE: PREPARING FOR FIELD RESEARCHAnthropology and Social ScienceThe Foundations of Social ResearchAnthropology and the Experimental MethodSamplingChoosing Research Problems, Sites and MethodsThe Literature Search.
PART TWO: COLLECTING DATAParticipant ObservationTaking and Managing Field NotesUnstructured and Semistructured InterviewingStructured InterviewingQuestionnaires and Survey ResearchDirect, Reactive ObservationUnobtrusive Observation.
PART THREE: ANALYZING DATAQualitative AnalysisCoding and Codebooks for Quantitative DataUnivariate Statistics Describing a VariableBivariate Analysis Testing RelationshipsMultivariate Analysis.

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