{"product_id":"research-methods-in-anthropology-9781442268883","title":"Research Methods in Anthropology","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eH. Russell Bernard''s Research Methods in Anthropology, Sixth Edition, is the standard for learning about the range of methods for collecting and analyzing qualitative and quantitative data about human thought and human behavior. In the first section of the book, students learn the elements of research design, including how to choose a research topic, how to develop research questions and hypotheses, and how to choose an appropriate sample for their research. In the next section, students learn the methods of data collection, including: open-ended interviewing, questionnaire design, participant observation, direct and indirect observation, building scales in the field, and taking and managing field notes. This section also introduces the methods for cultural domain analysis and network analysis. The last section of the book covers methods for analyzing all these kinds of data, including: finding and analyzing themes in text, conversation and narrative analysis, and decision modeling, a\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface\tv  About the Author \txiii   1  Anthropology and the Social Sciences\t1 2  The Foundations of Social Research\t23 3  Preparing for Research\t54 4  Research Design: Experiments and Experimental Thinking\t83 5  Sampling I: The Basics \t114 6  Sampling II: Theory\t131 7  Sampling III: Nonprobability Samples and Choosing Informants \t145 8  Interviewing I: Unstructured and Semistructured \t163 9  Interviewing II: Questionnaires\t195 10  Interviewing III: Relational Data, Cultural Domains and Networks   233 11  Scales and Scaling\t254 12  Participant Observation\t272 13  Field Notes and Database Management\t308 14  Direct and Indirect Observation\t323 15  Introduction to Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis\t354 16  Cognitive Anthropology I: Analyzing Relational Data, Cultural Domains and Networks \t362 17  Cognitive Anthropology II: Decision Modeling, Taxonomies, and Componential Analysis\t416 18  Text Analysis I: Interpretive Analysis, Narrative Analysis, Performance Analysis, and Conversation Analysis\t437 19  Text Analysis II: Schema Analysis, Grounded Theory, Content Analysis, and Analytic Induction \t459 20  Univariate Analysis\t491 21  Bivariate Analysis: Testing Relations\t527 22  Multivariate Analysis\t570     iv  Contents  Appendix A: Table of Areas under a Normal Curve\t598  Appendix B: Student’s t Distribution \t601  Appendix C: Chi-Square Distribution Table\t602  Appendix D: F Table for the .05 Level of Significance\t604  Appendix E: Resources for Fieldworkers\t606  References\t611  Author Index\t000  Subject Index\t000","brand":"Rowman \u0026 Littlefield","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48885644067159,"sku":"9781442268883","price":72.2,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781442268883.jpg?v=1722537200","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/research-methods-in-anthropology-9781442268883","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}