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Anthropology

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Barnard, A & Good, A. Research practices in the study of kinship. (Level: 2nd year, 4th year)
Publisher: Orlando: Academic Press, 1984.
Description: xiv, 226 p.: ill.; 24 cm.
Series: ASA research methods in social anthropology.
ISBN: 0120789809

Bernard, HR. Research methods in anthropology: qualitative and quantitative approaches. (Level: 3rd year, Honours, Masters)
Publisher: Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications, c1994.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Description: xii, 585 p.; 24 cm.
ISBN: 0803952449 / 0803952457
Contents: 1. Cultural Anthropology and Social Science; 2. The Foundations of Social Research; 3. Anthropology and Research Design;  4. Sampling;  5. Choosing Research Problems, Sites, and Methods;  6. The Literature Search; 7. Participant observation;  8. Informants;  9. Field Notes: How to Take, code, and manage Them;  10. Unstructured and Semistructured Interviewing;  11. Structured Interviewing; 12. Questionnaires and Survey Research;  13. Scales and Scaling;  14. Direct, Reactive Observation;  15. Unobtrusive Observation;  16. Analysis of Qualitative Data;  17. Coding and Codebooks for Quantitative Data; 18. Univariate Statistics: Describing a Variable; 19. Bivariate Statistics: Testing Relationships; 20. Multivariate Analysis

Appendix A: Table of Random Numbers; Appendix B: Statement on Professional and Ethical Responsibilities of the Society For Applied Anthropology; Appendix C: Codes From the Outline of Cultural MaterialsAppendix D: Student's t-Distribution; Appendix E: The Chi-Square distribution Table; Appendix F: Tables of Areas Under a Normal Curve; Appendix G: Software and Other Resources.

Bless, C & Higson-Smith, C. Fundamentals of social research methods: an African perspective.(Level: 2nd year)
Publisher: Juta, 2000.
Edition: 3rd ed.
ISBN: 0702153214
Contents: 1. The Different Methods of Acquiring Knowledge; 2. The Scientific Method Applied to Social Reality; 3. Problem Conception and Background Information; 4. Variables and Hypothesis Formulation; 5. The Types of Research; 6. Community-centred Research; 7. Research Design; 8. Sampling; 9. Data Collection: Basic Concepts; 10. Techniques of Data Collection; 11. Reliability and Validity of Measurements; 12. Interpretation of Results and Writing a Research Report; 13. Concluding Remarks.

Chambers, AB. Applied Anthropology: a practical guide. (Level: 3rd year)
Publisher: Englewood Cliffs, N.J.: Prentice-Hall, c1985.
ISBN: 0130393711

Crane, J & Angrosino, MV. Field projects in Anthropology: a student handbook. (Level: Honours, Masters)
Publisher: Prospect Heights, Ill: Waveland Press, c1992.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Description: viii, 200 p.: ill.; 23 cm.
ISBN: 0881336858

Devereux, S & Hoddinott, J. Fieldwork in developing countries. (Level: 3rd year)
Publisher: London: Harvester Wheatsheaf, 1992.
ISBN: 0745013074 / 0745013074 / 0745013082
Contents: Part 1 Overview: fieldwork from start to finish 1. The context of fieldwork; 2. Issues in data collection; Part 2 Case studies: fieldwork experiences in Africa and Asia;  3. Observers are worried: learning the language and counting the people in northeast Ghana; 4. Random sampling and repeat surveys in South India; 5. Fieldwork under time constraints; 6. Qualitative research: collecting life histories; 7. Sensitive information: collecting data on livestock and informal credit; 8. Talking to traders about trade; 9. Fieldwork in a familiar setting: the role of politics at the national, community and household levels; 10. Facts or fictions? Fieldwork relationships and the nature of data; 11. Thinking about the ethics of fieldwork; 12. Contrasts in village-level fieldwork: Kenya and India.

Dixon, BR, Bouma, GD & Atkinson, GBJ. A Handbook of Social Science Research: a comprehensive and practical guide for students.
Publisher: Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1987 (reprinted 1988)
Description: 225 pp.
ISBN:0198780249 / 0198780230 (pbk)
Full review.
Contents: To the teacher xii; To the student xiii; Introduction 1; 1. How we know what we know and how we know we know 3; Answering our questions; 2. Research as a way of knowing; 3. Selecting a problem; 4. Selecting variables; 5. Finding a variable's measurements; 6. Selecting a research design; 7. Selecting a sample; 8. Collecting data; 9. Summarizing and presenting data; 10. Drawing conclusions; 11. Writing up your research.

Appendix: A table of random numbers 221

Ellen, RF (ed.). Ethnographic research: a guide to general conduct. (Level: 2nd year, 3rd year, Honours, Masters)
Publisher: Orlando: Academic Press, 1984.
Description: xvi, 403 p.: ill.; 24 cm.
Series: ASA research methods in social anthropology; 1.
ISBN: 0122371801 / 012237181X
Contents: 1. Introduction; 2. Theory, methodology and the research process; 3. A history of field methods; 4. Approaches to ethnographic research; 5. The fieldwork experience; 6. Ethics in relation to informants, the profession and governments; 7. Preparation for fieldwork; 8. Producing data; 9. Data into text.

Huysamen, GK. Methodology for the social and behavioural sciences.1994 (Level: 2nd year)
Publisher: Halfway House, Midrand: Southern Book Publishers, 1994.
Edition: 1st ed.
Description: 237 p.
ISBN: 1868124681
Contents: 1. Introduction; 2. Types of Research and Criteria; 3. Sampling and Population Validity; 4. Experimental Research; 5. Operationalizing the Independent Variable; 6. More Complex Experimental Designs; 7. Quasi-Experimental Research; 8. Survey Designs; 9. Measurement Theory; 10. Measuring Instruments; 11. Methods of Data Collection; 12. Analytical Research; 13. Phenomenological and Case Study Approaches; 14. Ethical Considerations; 15. Designing a Research Project; 16. Report Writing.

Appendix A: Research Proposals; Appendix B: Answers to Some Exercises

Lester, JD. Writing research papers: a complete guide. (Level: 2nd year, 4th year)
Publisher: New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1993
Edition: 7th ed.
Description: 368 p.
ISBN: 0673466434
Contents: 1. Finding a topic; 2. Gathering Data; 3. Organizing Ideas and Setting Goals; 4. Finding and Reading the Best Sources; 5. Writing Note Cards; 6. Writing the Paper; 7. Blending Reference Material into Your Writing; 8. Handling Format; 9. Works Cited; 10. Using APA Style; 11. Form and Style for Other Disciplines

Mouton, J & Marais, HC. Metodologie van die geesteswetenskappe: basiese begrippe. (Level: 2nd year, 3rd year, Honours)
Publisher: Pretoria: Raad vir Geesteswetenskaplike Navorsing, 1985.
Series: RGN-studies in navorsingsmetodologie; 1.
ISBN: 0796901856
Inhoudsopgawe: Deel 1: Voorwoord; 1. Wat is geesteswetenskaplike navorsing? Inleiding: Die wetenskaplike taalspel; 2. Navorsingsontwerp: Op weg na progleemformulering; Inleiding: Geesteswetenskaplike navorsing as 'n rasionele aktiwiteit; 3. Navorsingsontwerp: Konseptualisering en operasionalisering; 4. Navorsingsontwerp: Data- insameling; 5. Navorsingsontwerp: Analise en interpretasie; 6. Sentrale konstruksie in die navorsingsproses; Konsepte; Stellings; Konseptuele raamwerek; Paradigmas; 7. Perspektiewe op kwalitatiewe en kwantitatiewe navorsing; Die spektrum van die geestewetenskappe; Terminologie; Wetenskap en navorsing; Deel 2: 8. Riglyne by the opstel van 'n navorsingsvoorstel; Inleidende opmerkings oor die opstel van 'n navorsingsvoorstel; Soorte navorsingsvoorstele; Voorbereinding vooraf; 9. Riglyne by die skryf van geesteswetenskaplike verslae; Teoretiese riglyne; Meta-teoretiese riglyne; Metodologiese riglyne; Tegniese riglyne; Deel 3: Bylae 1: D Joubert - Ontwerp van 'n toets vir die vasstelling van waardeoriëntasies; Bylae 2: HC Marais - Semantiese dimensies van aanspreekvorme; Bylae 3: WJ Schurink - 'n Verkennende studie van prostitusie in Eersterust

Pelto, PJ & Pelto, GH. Anthropological research: the structure of enquiry. (Level: 2nd year, Honours)
Publisher: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1978.
Edition: 2nd ed.
ISBN: 0521216737 / 052129228X
Contents: Preface to second edition; Preface to first edition
1. The domain of methodology; 2. Science and anthropology; 3. Operationalism in anthropological research; 4. Units of observation: emic and etic approaches; 5. Tools of research - I; 6. Tools of research - II; 7. Counting and sampling; 8. Measurement, scales, and statistics; 9. Art and science in field work; 10. Research methods, relevance, and applied anthropology; 11. Building anthropological theory: methods and models.

Appendixes
A. Notes on research design, Formulation of research problem, Elements of a model research plan; B. The Guttman Scale: a special type of ordinal measure; C On using computers, Types of computer operations, The culture and social organization of computer use

Pons, V. Introduction to social research. (Level: 3rd year)
Publisher: Dar-es-Salaam: Dar-es-Salaam University Press, 1992.
Description: xxx, 617 p.: form; 21 cm.

Spradley, JP. Participant observation. (Level: Honours, Masters)
Publisher: New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston / Fort Worth: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, c1980.
Description: xi, 195 p.: ill.; 24 cm.
ISBN: 0030445019
Contents: Chapter One: Ethnography and Culture; Chapter Two: Ethnography for What? Understanding the Human Species; Chapter Three: The Ethnographic Research Cycle.

Appendix A The Developmental Research Sequence Method
Appendix B Developmental Research Sequence Writing Tasks

Werner, O & Schoepfle, EM. Systematic fieldwork. (Level: 3rd year)
Publisher: Newbury Park, Calif: Sage Publications, c1987.
ISBN: 080392559X
Contents: Preface and Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART 1: DATA BASE MANAGEMENT AND ANALYSIS; Chapter 1 Data Base Management; Chapter 2 Structural Analysis; Chapter 3 Beyond Structural Analysis; Chapter 4 Plans and Decisions; Chapter 5 Decision Making and Decision Models; Chapter 6 Other Semantic Systems; Chapter 7 Analysis of Texts; Chapter 8 Ethnoscience and Statistics; PART II: POST-FIELDWORK; Chapter 9 Planning the Ethnographic Report; Chapter 10 Writing the Ethnographic Report; Chapter 11 Minimum Standards for Ethnography.

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