AuthorWhyte, William Foote, 1914-
TitleLearning from the field : a guide from experience / William Foote Whyte
Imprint Newbury Park, California : Sage, 1984
Edition 1st ed
Descript 295 p.; 22 cm

CONTENT

Purpose and focus of this book -- Participant observation: rationale and roles -- Planning the project and entering the field -- Field relations -- Observational methods -- Interviewing strategy and tactics -- Recording, indexing, and evaluating interview data -- Integrating methods of team research -- Using history in social research -- Types of applied social research -- Ethics in field research and publication -- Focusing the study and analyzing the data -- From data analysis to reshaping conceptual schemes -- Science and styles of social research


SUBJECT

  1. Social sciences -- Feld work
  2. Sociology field work
  3. Participant observation

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Communication Arts Library300.723 W438L 1984 CHECK SHELVES