Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. De Munck, Victor C.
2. Sobo, Elisa Janine, 1963-

Description

1. 288 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Subject

1. Ethnology > Methodology
2. Social sciences > Methodology
3. Ethnologie
4. Feldforschung
5. Veldwerk
6. Ethnologie > Méthodologie
7. Sciences sociales > Méthodologie

Contents

1. Foreword / H. Russell Bernard -- Section I: Foundations. Forest of methods / Elisa J. Sobo and Victor C. de Munck ; Participant observation : a thick explanation of conflict in a Sri Lankan village / Victor C. de Munck -- Section II: Generating and analyzing lists. Content analysis of words in brief descriptions : how fathers and mothers describe their children / Gery Ryan and Thomas Weisner ; Freelisting : management at a women's federal prison camp / Mark S. Fleisher and Jennifer A. Harrington ; Freelists, ratings, averages, and frequencies : why so few students study anthropology / Juliana Flinn ; Pile sorting : "kids like candy" / Gun Roos ; Guttman scaling : an analysis of Matsigenka men's manufacturing skills / Allen Johnson ; Triad questionnaires : old age in Karen and Maya cultures / Robert C. Harman -- Section III: More advanced means to model culture. Decision modeling : its use in medical anthropology / Carole E. Hill ; Consensus analysis : sampling frames for valid, generalizable research findings / W. Penn Handwerker ; Consensus analysis : do Scottish business advisers agree on models of success? / Douglas Caulkins ; Consensus analysis : high blood pressure in a Mexican barrio / Javier Garcia de Alba Garcia [and others] ; Visual data : collection, analysis, and representation / Jeffrey C. Johnson and David C. Griffith ; MDS and QAP : how do children rate painful experiences? / Lauren Clark [and others] -- Afterword / Stephen P. Borgatti -- Appendix -- Glossary.

Owning institution

1. Princeton University Library

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 262-273) and indexes.