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Cross-cultural research methods / Carol R. Ember and Melvin Ember.
- Title
- Cross-cultural research methods / Carol R. Ember and Melvin Ember.
- Author
- Ember, Carol R.
- Publication
- Lanham, MD : AltaMira Press, c2001.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | SOC.SCI. Em 13 c | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Ember, Melvin
- Description
- viii, 164 p.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- Cross-cultural researchers describe, compare, and test patterns that occur in different, discrete cultures. In this brief textbook, two of the world's leading cross-cultural researchers describe both the logic of and process of doing research in this tradition. The Embers take the reader through a study, from developing a hypothesis through sampling, measuring, coding, and analysis. They point to the difficulties in developing reliable statements about cross-cultural patterns and how to minimize those difficulties. The authors also offer advice on how to use the Human Relations Area Files-- a worldwide database of ethnographic information-- to conduct cross-cultural studies.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Cross-cultural studies
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 149-156) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- The logic of cross-cultural research -- The research question -- Theories and hypotheses -- The art of measurement -- Minimizing error -- Sampling -- Coding data -- Statistical analysis -- Reliability -- Summing up -- Appendix: Using the Human Relations Area Files.
- ISBN
- 0742504263 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0742504271 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^^00059346^
- OCLC
- 44592608
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library