Research Methods In Cultural Anthropology

Download or read book Research Methods in Cultural Anthropology written by H Russell Bernard and published by SAGE Publications, Incorporated. This book was released on 1988-06-08 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Preparing for field research: Anthropology and social science; The foundations of social research; Anthropology and the experimental method; Sampling; Choosing research problems, sites, ad methods; The literature search; Collecting data: Participant observation; Taking and managing field notes; Unstructured and semistructured interviewing; Structured interviewing; Questionnaires and survey research; Direct, reactive observation; Unobtrusive observation; Analyzing data: Qualitative analysis; Coding and codebooks for quantitative data; Univariate statistics: describing a variable; Bivariate analysis; testing relationships; Multivariate analysis; Appendixes; References; Name index; Subjectr index.