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Analyzing social settings : a guide to qualitative observation and analysis
- Title
- Analyzing social settings : a guide to qualitative observation and analysis / John Lofland, Lyn H. Lofland.
- Author
- Lofland, John.
- Publication
- Belmont, Calif. : Wadsworth, [1995], ©1995.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | HM48 .L63 1995 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Lofland, Lyn H.
- Description
- xx, 267 pages : illustrations; 23 cm
- Summary
- Now in its Third Edition, Analyzing Social Settings remains the classic manual for students of qualitative social research. With exceptional clarity, this book teaches students techniques of gathering, focusing, and analyzing qualitative data in step-by-step discussions that are enhanced by vivid examples and applications.
- Practical to students in such diverse disciplines as sociology, anthropology, social work, and education, among other social sciences, Analyzing Social Settings is an invaluable guide to performing valid qualitative social research.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-259) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction: The Aims and Organization of This Guide -- Pt. 1. Gathering Data. Ch. 1. Starting Where You Are. Ch. 2. Evaluating Data Sites. Ch. 3. Getting In. Ch. 4. Getting Along. Ch. 5. Logging Data -- Pt. 2. Focusing Data. Ch. 6. Thinking Topics. Ch. 7. Asking Questions. Ch. 8. Arousing Interest -- Pt. 3. Analyzing Data. Ch. 9. Developing Analysis. Ch. 10. Writing Reports -- Appendix: Dissecting Fieldstudy Reports.
- ISBN
- 0534247806 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 94025337
- OCLC
- 30666758
- ocm30666758
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries