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Using methods in the field : a practical introduction and casebook

Title
Using methods in the field : a practical introduction and casebook / Victor C. de Munck, Elisa J. Sobo, editors.
Publication
Walnut Creek, CA : AltaMira Press, ©1998.

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Additional Authors
  • De Munck, Victor C.
  • Sobo, Elisa Janine, 1963-
Description
288 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Subject
  • Ethnology > Methodology
  • Social sciences > Methodology
  • Ethnologie
  • Feldforschung
  • Veldwerk
  • Ethnologie > Méthodologie
  • Sciences sociales > Méthodologie
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 262-273) and indexes.
Contents
Foreword / H. Russell Bernard -- Section I: Foundations. Forest of methods / Elisa J. Sobo and Victor C. de Munck ; Participant observation : a thick explanation of conflict in a Sri Lankan village / Victor C. de Munck -- Section II: Generating and analyzing lists. Content analysis of words in brief descriptions : how fathers and mothers describe their children / Gery Ryan and Thomas Weisner ; Freelisting : management at a women's federal prison camp / Mark S. Fleisher and Jennifer A. Harrington ; Freelists, ratings, averages, and frequencies : why so few students study anthropology / Juliana Flinn ; Pile sorting : "kids like candy" / Gun Roos ; Guttman scaling : an analysis of Matsigenka men's manufacturing skills / Allen Johnson ; Triad questionnaires : old age in Karen and Maya cultures / Robert C. Harman -- Section III: More advanced means to model culture. Decision modeling : its use in medical anthropology / Carole E. Hill ; Consensus analysis : sampling frames for valid, generalizable research findings / W. Penn Handwerker ; Consensus analysis : do Scottish business advisers agree on models of success? / Douglas Caulkins ; Consensus analysis : high blood pressure in a Mexican barrio / Javier Garcia de Alba Garcia [and others] ; Visual data : collection, analysis, and representation / Jeffrey C. Johnson and David C. Griffith ; MDS and QAP : how do children rate painful experiences? / Lauren Clark [and others] -- Afterword / Stephen P. Borgatti -- Appendix -- Glossary.
ISBN
  • 0761989129
  • 9780761989127
  • 0761989137
  • 9780761989134
LCCN
98009073
OCLC
  • ocm38879201
  • 38879201
  • SCSB-568087
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library