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Record Nr.

UNINA9910827796503321

Autore

Schensul Jean J

Titolo

Essential ethnographic methods : a mixed methods approach / / Jean J. Schensul and Margaret D. LeCompte

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, MD, : AltaMira Press, c2013

ISBN

1-283-61797-8

0-7591-2204-0

9786613930422

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

XX, 366 s : ill

Collana

Ethnographer's toolkit, second edition ; ; 3

Altri autori (Persone)

LeCompteMargaret Diane

Disciplina

305.8001

Soggetti

Ethnology - Methodology

Ethnology - Research

Ethnology - Fieldwork

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

CONTENTS; LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES; LIST OF EXAMPLES; INTRODUCTION TO THE ETHNOGRAPHER'S TOOLKIT; CHAPTER 1. ESSENTIAL DATA COLLECTION; CHAPTER 2. DEFINING AND ENTERING THE FIELD; CHAPTER 3. RECORDING AND ORGANIZING ETHNOGRAPHIC FIELD DATA: FIELD NOTES, INTERVIEWS, DRAWINGS, VISUAL DOCUMENTATION, AND SURVEY DATA; CHAPTER 4. PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION AND INFORMAL INTERVIEWING IN THE FIELD; CHAPTER 5. ADDITIONAL METHODS FOR COLLECTING EXPLORATORY DATA; CHAPTER 6. IN-DEPTH, OPEN-ENDED EXPLORATORY INTERVIEWING; CHAPTER 7. SEMISTRUCTURED INTERVIEWS AND OBSERVATIONS

CHAPTER 8. FOCUS GROUP INTERVIEWSCHAPTER 9. STRUCTURED APPROACHES TO ETHNOGRAPHIC DATA COLLECTION: SURVEYS; CHAPTER 10. SAMPLING IN ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH; CHAPTER 11. DEFINING AND EVALUATING QUALITY IN ETHNOGRAPHIC RESEARCH; REFERENCES; INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHORS AND ARTISTS

Sommario/riassunto

Essential Ethnographic Methods introduces the fundamental, face-to-face data collection tools for ethnographers and other qualitative researchers and provides detailed instruction to improve the quality and scope of data collection.