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Analysis and Interpretation of Ethnographic Data Margaret D. LeCompte, University of Colorado, Boulder

Analysis and Interpretation of Ethnographic Data By Margaret D. LeCompte, University of Colorado, Boulder

Analysis and Interpretation of Ethnographic Data by Margaret D. LeCompte, University of Colorado, Boulder


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Analysis and Interpretation of Ethnographic Data: A Mixed Methods Approach, Second Edition, is a comprehensive treatment of analysis strategies used in ethnographic research, addressing the crunching and manipulation of both qualitative and quantitative ethnographic data.

Analysis and Interpretation of Ethnographic Data Summary

Analysis and Interpretation of Ethnographic Data: A Mixed Methods Approach by Margaret D. LeCompte, University of Colorado, Boulder

This is Book 5 of 7 in the Ethnographer's Toolkit, Second Edition. Treating analysis as both a mechanical and a cognitive process, Book 5 begins by describing why analysis and interpretation of data are necessary. In the first two chapters the book points out the importance of beginning ethnographic analysis in the field, during the earliest stages of data collection, and how to move between induction and deduction, the concrete and the abstract, in a process informed by an emerging and increasingly refined conceptual model. The middle section tackles the challenge of transforming huge piles of text, audio, and visual information into an ethnographic whole through generic and specific coding and quantification of qualitative data, using multiple extended examples. Chapters show how to use computers in analysis of qualitative data and ways to integrate the results of quantitative and qualitative data into a comprehensive picture of a complex whole. Chapter 9 presents a rare and comprehensive description of the statistics regularly used by ethnographers to analyze ethnographic surveys. Chapters 10 and 11 show how researchers create and then fine-tune preliminary results into an integrated whole, display them for multiple audiences, and write them up. The final chapter illustrates how ethnographers can share the meaning of results with local communities and constituents and with other professional researchers. Other books in the set: Book 1: Designing and Conducting Ethnographic Research: An Introduction, Second Edition by Margaret D. LeCompte and Jean J. Schensul 9780759118690 Book 2: Initiating Ethnographic Research: A Mixed Methods Approach by Stephen L. Schensul, Jean J. Schensul, and Margaret D. LeCompte 9780759122017 Book 3: Essential Ethnographic Methods: A Mixed Methods Approach, Second Edition by Jean J. Schensul and Margaret D. LeCompte 9780759122031 Book 4: Specialized Ethnographic Methods: A Mixed Methods Approach edited by Jean J. Schensul and Margaret D. LeCompte 9780759122055 Book 6: Ethics in Ethnography: A Mixed Methods Approach by Margaret D. LeCompte and Jean J. Schensul 9780759122093 Book 7: Ethnography in Action: A Mixed Methods Approach by Jean J. Schensul and Margaret D. LeCompte 9780759122116

About Margaret D. LeCompte, University of Colorado, Boulder

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.

Table of Contents

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

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GOR013761309
9780759122079
0759122075
Analysis and Interpretation of Ethnographic Data: A Mixed Methods Approach by Margaret D. LeCompte, University of Colorado, Boulder
Used - Very Good
Paperback
AltaMira Press,U.S.
2012-09-05
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