Research methods in anthropology : qualitative and quantitative approaches /
Research Methods in Anthropology is the standard textbook for methods classes in anthropology. Whether you are coming from a scientific, interpretive, or applied anthropological tradition, you will learn field methods from the best guide in both qualitative and quantitative methods.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Lanham, Maryland :
Rowman & Littlefield,
[2018]
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| Edition: | Sixth edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Chapter 1; Anthropology and the Social Sciences; The Craft of Research; Methods Belong to All of Us; Epistemology ;Ways of Knowing; Rationalism, Empiricism, and Kant; Rationalism, Empiricism, and Morality; The Norms of Science; The Development of Science;From Democritus to Newton; Exploration, Printing, and Modern Science; Science, Money, and War; The Development of Social Science;From Newton to Rousseau.
- Early Positivism, Saint-Simon, ComteTechnology and Science; Social Science Failures; The Varieties of Positivism; Later Positivism: The Vienna Circle; Instrumental Positivism; The Reaction against Positivism; About Numbers and Words: The Qualitative/ Quantitative Split; Ethics and Social Science; Chapter 2; The Foundations of Social Research; The Language of Social Research; Variables; Measurement and Concepts; Conceptual and Operational Definitions; Conceptual Definitions; Operational Definitions.
- Levels of MeasurementUnits of Analysis; Validity, Reliability, Accuracy, and Precision; Determining Validity; Cause and Effect; The Kalymnian Case; Chapter 3; Preparing for Research; Setting Things Up; The Ideal Research Process; A Realistic Approach; Ethics; Theory;Explanation and Prediction; A Guide to Research Topics, Anyway; Cell I:; Cell II:; Cell IIIa:; Cell IIIb:; Cell IV:; Cell V:; Cell VI:; Cell VIIa:; Cell VIIb:; Cell VIII:; Cell IX:; Cell Xa:; Cell Xb:; Cell Xc.
- Cell XIa:Cell XIb:; Cell XIIa:; Cell XIIb:; Cell XIII:; Cell XIV:; Cell XV:; The Literature Search; Anthropology Databases; Free Databases of Relevance to Anthropology ; Other Databases; Websites; Meta-Analysis; Chapter 4; Research Design; Experiments; Kinds of Confounds: Threats to Validity; Controlling for Threats to Validity; Thought Experiments; True Experiments in the Lab; True Experiments in the Field; Natural Experiments; Turning a Confound into a Natural Experiment; Naturalistic Experiments.
- Comparative Naturalistic ExperimentsAre Field Experiments Ethical? ; The Watergate Experiment; Factorial Designs: Main Effects and Interaction Effects; Chapter 5; Sampling I; What Are Samples and Why Do We Need Them? ; Why the United States Still Has a Census; It Pays to Take Samples and to Stick with Them; Sampling Frames; Simple Random Samples; Systematic Random Sampling; Stratified Sampling; Cluster Sampling and Complex Sampling Designs; Probability Proportionate to Size; How Big Should a Sample Be? ; Chapter 6.