Initiating ethnographic research : a mixed methods approach /
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| Author / Creator: | Schensul, Stephen L. |
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| Imprint: | Lanham, Md. : AltaMira Press, c2013. |
| Description: | xix, 247 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Ethnographer's toolkit ; 2 Ethnographer's toolkit ; 2. |
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| Format: | E-Resource Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8962829 |
Table of Contents:
- List of Tables and Figures
- List of Examples
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. Initiating Ethnographic Research: Models, Methods, and Measurement
- Introduction
- Ethnography Is Both Inductive and Deductive
- Ethnography Is Both Qualitative and Quantitative
- Ethnography Operates at the Micro and Macro Level
- Ethnography Examines Reported and Observed Behavior
- Ethnography Involve Discovery and Representativeness
- Ethnography Is Both Theory and Description
- Objectivity and Subjectivity
- Basic and Applied Research
- Summary
- Chapter 2. Selecting a Research Site and Focus
- Introduction
- The Researcher Personal Interest and History
- Researcher Identity
- Researcher Positionality
- Requirements of Institutional Affiliation and Funding Sources
- Perspectives, Needs, and Priorities of the Study Population
- Summary
- Chapter 3. Preparing for Challenges in the Field
- The Research Game Plan or Proposal
- Formal Permissions and Approvals; IRBs and Other Review Bodies
- Logistics: Support, Housing, and Other Needs
- Sponsoring Institutions in the Research Site
- Time and Timeline
- Personnel: Hiring and Supervision
- Preparing for the Collection, Transcription, and Management of Data
- Planning for Writing Up Preliminary Results in the Field
- Summary
- Chapter 4. The Ethnographer as Theorist: An Introduction to Modeling Midrange Theory
- Introduction
- The Ethnographer as Theorist
- Selecting a Paradigm
- Defining Research Questions and Building a Formative or Local Theory
- Summary
- Chapter 5. Constructing Formative Research Models
- Introduction
- Developing a Formative Model: Top Down/Bottom Up Construction
- Dependent and Independent Domains
- Diagramming and Modeling the Formative Research Model
- A Note on Generating Hypotheses
- Summary
- Chapter 6. Operationalization and Measurement
- Operationalization
- Using the Research Model to Frame Research Goals, Objectives, and Hypotheses
- Linking Stages in Research Design with Stages in Data Collection
- Summary
- Chapter 7. Mixed Methods Models, Measures, and Case Examples
- Introduction
- Definitions of Mixed Methods Research
- When Should Qualitative and Quantitative Methods Be Used?
- Integrating Qualitative and Quantitative Methods
- Relating or Sequencing of Multiple Methodologies: Models, Methods, Measures, and Case Examples
- The Role of Secondary Data in Mixed Methods Ethnography
- Summary
- Chapter 8. Modeling Ethnographic Intervention Approaches
- Introduction
- Definitions of Intervention
- Ethnographic Intervention Designs
- Guidelines for Modeling Interventions
- Steps in Designing Interventions: A Systems Analytic Approach to Using Modeling Techniques
- Linking Resources for Change to the Independent Variables: Systems Analysis as a "2 × 2 Table"
- Operationalizing the Intervention Model
- Summary
- References
- Index
- About the Authors and Artists
