Essential ethnographic methods : observations, interviews, and questionnaires

Schensul, Stephen L. (Author). Schensul, Jean J. (Added Author). LeCompte, Margaret Diane. (Added Author).

Summary: "Essential Ethnographic Methods provides the reader with an introduction to participant and non-participant observation interviewing and ethnographically-informed survey research, including structured interviews and questionnaires. These are the basic building blocks of ethnographic data collecting, providing researchers with answers to the key ethnographic questions: what's happening in this setting?; who is engaging in what kind of activities with whom?; and what do they think they're doing?"--BOOK JACKET.

Record details

ISBN: 0761991441
ISBN: 9780761991441
ISBN: 0761990429
ISBN: 9780761990420
Physical Description: print
xxiii, 318 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Publisher: Walnut Creek, Calif. : AltaMira Press, ©1999.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-304) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

1. Guiding Principles -- 2. Building Formative Theoretical Models -- 3. Operationalization -- 4. Entering the Field -- 5. Exploratory or Open-Ended Observation -- 6. In-Depth, Open-Ended Interviewing -- 7. Semistructured Interviewing -- 8. Structured Ethnographic Data Collection: Ethnographic Surveys -- 9. Using Archival and Secondary Data -- 10. Ethnographic Sampling -- 11. Validity and Reliability in Ethnographic Research.