AltaMira Press
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Trim: 6 x 9
978-0-7591-2207-9 • Paperback • September 2012 • $56.00 • (£43.00)
Margaret D. LeCompte is professor emerita of education and sociology at the University of Colorado, Boulder.
Jean J. Schensul is founding director and senior scientist at the Institute for Community Research, Hartford, Connecticut.
List of Tables and Figures
List of Examples
Introduction
Chapter 1: Why Are Analysis and Interpretation Necessary?
Chapter 2: Analysis in the Field
Chapter 3: Tidying Up, Cataloging, and Creating Data Inventories
Chapter 4: Recursivity, Induction, and Deduction: Moving Between Levels of Abstraction
Chapter 5: Ways to Begin Analysis
Chapter 6: Specific Coding and Initial Quantification
Chapter 7: Coding and Creating Qualitative Code Books
Chapter 8: Managing Qualitative and Quantitative Data with Computers
Chapter 9: Analyzing Ethnographically Based Survey Data
Chapter 10: Creating Preliminary Results: Putting Parts Together
Chapter 11: Fine Tuning Results and Beginning the Write-Up
Chapter 12: Creating Interpretations
References
Index
About the Authors and Artists
The Ethnographer's Toolkit series is designed with you, the novice fieldworker, in mind. In a series of seven brief books, the editors and authors of the Toolkit take you through the multiple, complex steps of doing ethnographic research in simple, reader-friendly language. Case studies, checklists, key points to remember, and additional resources to consult are all included to help the reader fully understand the ethnographic process. Avoiding a step-by-step formula approach, the authors are able to explain the complicated tasks and relationships that occur in the field in clear, helpful ways. Research designs, data collection techniques, analytical strategies, research collaborations, and an array of uses for ethnographic work in policy, programming, and practice, are described in the volumes. The Toolkit is the perfect starting point for professionals in diverse professional fields in social welfare, education, health, economic development, and the arts, as well as for advanced students and experienced researchers unfamiliar with the demands of conducting good ethnography.