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Research Methods in Anthropology is the standard textbook for methods classes in anthropology. Written in Russ BernardOs unmistakable conversational style, his guide has launched tens of thousands of students into the fieldwork enterprise with a combination of rigorous methodology, wry humor, and commonsense advice. 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.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Preface to the Fifth Edition (p. vii)
• 1 Anthropology and the Social Sciences (p. 1)
• 2 The Foundations of Social Research (p. 23)
• 3 Preparing for Research (p. 54)
• 4 Research Design: Experiments and Experimental Thinking (p. 82)
• 5 Sampling I: The Basics (p. 113)
• 6 Sampling II: Theory (p. 130)
• 7 Sampling III: Nonprobability Samples and Choosing Informants (p. 143)
• 8 Interviewing I: Unstructured and Semistructured (p. 156)
• 9 Interviewing II: Questionnaires (p. 187)
• 10 Interviewing III: Cultural Domains (p. 223)
• 11 Scales and Scaling (p. 238)
• 12 Participant Observation (p. 256)
• 13 Field Notes and Database Management (p. 291)
• 14 Direct and Indirect Observation (p. 306)
• 15 Introduction to Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis (p. 337)
• 16 Cognitive Anthropology I: Analyzing Cultural Domains (p. 346)
• 17 Cognitive Anthropology II: Decision Modeling, Taxonomies, and Componential Analysis (p. 386)
• 18 Text Analysis I: Interpretive Analysis, Narrative Analysis, Performance Analysis, and Conversation Analysis (p. 407)
• 19 Text Analysis II: Schema Analysis, Grounded Theory, Content Analysis, and Analytic Induction (p. 429)
• 20 Univariate Analysis (p. 458)
• 21 Bivariate Analysis: Testing Relations (p. 492)
• 22 Multivariate Analysis (p. 533)
• Appendix A Table of Areas under a Normal Curve (p. 559)
• Appendix B Student's t Distribution (p. 561)
• Appendix C Chi-Square Distribution Table (p. 562)
• Appendix D F Table for the .05 Level of Significance (p. 564)
• Appendix E Resources for Fieldworkers (p. 566)
• References (p. 571)
• Subject Index (p. 638)
• Author Index (p. 649)
• About the Author (p. 666)

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CHOICE Review

This 753-page volume, now in its third edition, is the standard for anthropology students and researchers alike and offers valuable information and advice to all social scientists interested in research methods and analysis. Written in a thoughtful, conversational style, it provides the reader with information on fieldwork preparation and the collection and analysis of data as well as many of the tools necessary to carry out such fieldwork. The book begins by placing anthropology within the social sciences framework and offers students both an introduction to social research vocabulary and to conducting a literature search. That is followed by 20 chapters on research design, sampling, interviewing, scales, participant observation, fieldnotes, direct and indirect observation, and discussions of qualitative, univariate, bivariate, and indirect analyses. Five appendixes include important tables for conducting quantitative analyses; the sixth is a list of resources for field-workers, from professional organizations' codes of ethics to journals that publish articles on research methods. A 40-page list of references and extensive subject and author indexes complete the volume. An absolute must for all libraries, classrooms, and individuals interested in this subject matter. M. R. Dittemore Smithsonian Institution Libraries

Author notes provided by Syndetics

H Russell Bernard is professor of anthropology emeritus at the University of Florida, Gainesville. He is the editor of the Handbook of Methods in Cultural Anthropology, author of Social Research Methods, and founder and editor of the journal Field Methods.