Research methods in anthropology : qualitative and quantitative approaches / H. Russell Bernard.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bernard, H. Russell (Harvey Russell), 1940-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethnology--Methodology.

Ethnology.

Physical Description:

xiii, 753 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Walnut Creek, CA : AltaMira Press, [2002]

Summary:

A new edition of the best selling textbook in anthropological methods. Includes new examples, new material on text analysis, rapid ethnography, computers in the field, and other topics.

Contents:

1. Anthropology and the Social Sciences 1

2. The Foundations of Social Research 27

3. Preparing for Research 65

4. The Literature Search 91

5. Research Design: Experiments and Experimental Thinking 105

6. Sampling 141

7. Sampling Theory 163

8. Nonprobability Sampling and Choosing Informants 180

9. Interviewing: Unstructured and Semistructured 203

10. Structured Interviewing: Questionnaires 240

11. Structured Interviewing: Cultural Domain Analysis 280

12. Scales and Scaling 298

13. Participant Observation 322

14. Field Notes: How to Take Them, Code Them, Manage Them 365

15. Direct and Indirect Observation 390

16. Introduction to Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis 427

17. Qualitative Data Analysis I: Text Analysis 440

18. Qualitative Data Analysis II: Models and Matrices 489

19. Univariate Analysis 516

20. Bivariate Analysis: Testing Relations 561

21. Multivariate Analysis 615

Appendix A Table of Random Numbers 701

Appendix B Table of Areas under a Normal Curve 704

Appendix C Student's t Distribution 707

Appendix D Chi-Square Distribution Table 708

Appendix E Tables of Percentage Points of the Inverted Beta (F) Distribution 710.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 661-700) and indexes.

ISBN:

0759101477

0759101485

OCLC:

46731140