Research methods in anthropology : qualitative and quantitative approaches /

Covers the range of methods for collecting and analyzing qualitative and quantitative data about human thought and human behavior

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bernard, H. Russell (Harvey Russell), 1940- (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018]
Edition:Sixth edition
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Anthropology and the social sciences
  • The foundations of social research
  • Preparing for research
  • The literature search
  • Research design : experiments and experimental thinking
  • Sampling I : the basics
  • Sampling II : theory
  • Sampling III : nonprobability sampling and choosing informants
  • Interviewing I : unstructured and semistructured
  • Interviewing II : questionnaires
  • Interviewing III : relational data : cultural domains and networks
  • Scales and scaling
  • Participant observation
  • Field notes and database management
  • Direct and indirect observation
  • Introduction to qualitative and quantitative analysis
  • Cognitive anthropology I : analyzing relational data, cultural domains, and networks
  • Cognitive anthropology II : decision modeling, taxonomies, and componential analysis
  • Text analysis I : interpretive analysis, narrative analysis, performance analysis, and conversation analysis
  • Text analysis II : schema analysis, grounded theory, content analysis, and analytic induction
  • Univariate analysis
  • Bivariate analysis : testing relations
  • Multivariate analysis
  • Appendix A. Table of areas under normal curve
  • Appendix B. Student's t distribution
  • Appendix C. Chi-square distribution table
  • Appendix D. F table for the .05 level of significance
  • Appendix E. Resources for fieldworkers
  • Anthropology and the social sciences
  • The foundations of social research
  • Preparing for research
  • The literature search
  • Research design : experiments and experimental thinking
  • Sampling I: the basics
  • Sampling II: theory
  • Sampling III: nonprobability sampling and choosing informants
  • Interviewing I: unstructured and semistructured
  • Interviewing II: questionnaires
  • Interviewing III: relational data : cultural domains and networks
  • Scales and scaling
  • Participant observation
  • Field notes and database management
  • Direct and indirect observation
  • Introduction to qualitative and quantitative analysis
  • Cognitive anthropology I: analyzing relational data, cultural domains, and networks
  • Cognitive anthropology II: decision modeling, taxonomies, and componential analysis
  • Text analysis I: interpretive analysis, narrative analysis, performance analysis, and conversation analysis
  • Text analysis II: schema analysis, grounded theory, content analysis, and analytic induction
  • Univariate analysis
  • Bivariate analysis : testing relations
  • Multivariate analysis