{"product_id":"analysis-and-interpretation-of-ethnographic-data-9780759122079","title":"Analysis and Interpretation of Ethnographic Data","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is Book 5 of 7 in theEthnographer''s Toolkit, Second Edition. Treating analysis as both a mechanical and a cognitive process, Book 5 begins by describing why analysis and interpretation of data are necessary. In the first two chapters the book points out the importance of beginning ethnographic analysis in the field, during the earliest stages of data collection, and how to move between induction and deduction, the concrete and the abstract, in a process informed by an emerging and increasingly refined conceptual model. The middle section tackles the challenge of transforming huge piles of text, audio, and visual information intoan ethnographic whole through generic and specific coding and quantification of qualitative data, using multiple extended examples. Chapters show how to use computers in analysis of qualitative data and ways to integrate the results of quantitative and qualitative data into a comprehensive picture of a complex whole. Chapter 9 presents a rare and comprehen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Tables and Figures List of Examples Introduction Chapter 1: Why Are Analysis and Interpretation Necessary? Chapter 2: Analysis in the Field Chapter 3: Tidying Up, Cataloging, and Creating Data Inventories Chapter 4: Recursivity, Induction, and Deduction: Moving Between Levels of Abstraction\t Chapter 5: Ways to Begin Analysis Chapter 6: Specific Coding and Initial Quantification Chapter 7: Coding and Creating Qualitative Code Books Chapter 8: Managing Qualitative and Quantitative Data with Computers Chapter 9: Analyzing Ethnographically Based Survey Data Chapter 10: Creating Preliminary Results: Putting Parts Together Chapter 11: Fine Tuning Results and Beginning the Write-Up Chapter 12: Creating Interpretations References Index About the Authors and Artists","brand":"AltaMira Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037746037079,"sku":"9780759122079","price":38.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780759122079.jpg?v=1750937109","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/analysis-and-interpretation-of-ethnographic-data-9780759122079","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}