Initiating Ethnographic Research: A Mixed Methods Approach

Initiating Ethnographic Research: A Mixed Methods Approach

Initiating Ethnographic Research: A Mixed Methods Approach

Initiating Ethnographic Research: A Mixed Methods Approach

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Overview

This is Book 2 of 7 in the Ethnographer's Toolkit, Second Edition.

Initiating Ethnographic Research:A Mixed Methods Approach, is the first book of its kind. Unlike texts that describe and detail methods for doing ethnographic and qualitative research once in the field, Book 2 explores in depth the many critical issues that ethnographic researchers need to consider before going to the field and in the earliest stages of the field experience. These include preparation of self, establishing relationships that ensure access to the field, and steps in the construction of a formative theoretical model that will inform the entire research process from start to finish. Following guidelines established in Book 1, the first three chapters describe the reasons why ethnography should be considered a mixed methods approach to social science research. They discuss why theory is important in guiding a study, and the important institutional and personal preparations required to enter a field setting and begin work. Additional chapters debunk the idea that ethnographers always enter the field with their minds a “clean slate” in terms of what they will find during their investigation. They show why and how researchers can develop initial theoretical models based on local knowledge and literature reviews. Ethnography uses a holistic approach, so such models take into consideration both individual/population and systemic or structural considerations. They lead the way to integrating ecological, empirical, critical, and interpretivist approaches into a comprehensive analysis of a dynamic system. Two chapters also provide detailed examples to illustrate the connection between steps in the modeling process, creation of observational measures, and steps in data collection—from most open-ended kinds of interviewing and observation to the kind of highly structured ethnographic surveying described in Book 3. Extensive illustrative case examples are included. The final chapter shows how the modeling process can be extended to guide the development of interventions and change strategies at multiple levels—a process that should be part of any research program. A wide variety of diagrams, instructions, examples, and illustrations make the topics and processes covered in Book 2 easy to read and understand, even by novice researchers. Overall, Book 2 offers a unique mixed methods lens through which to build theory by engaging in research modeling, to enter the field, to set up to gather data, and to anticipate influencing change.

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 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 5:
Analysis and Interpretation of Ethnographic Data: A Mixed Methods Approach, Second Edition
by Margaret D. LeCompte and Jean J. Schensul
9780759122079

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

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780759122017
Publisher: AltaMira Press
Publication date: 12/13/2012
Series: Ethnographer's Toolkit, Second Edition , #2
Edition description: Second Edition
Pages: 268
Product dimensions: 6.20(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.90(d)
Age Range: 18 Years

About the Author

Stephen L. Schensul is director of the Center for International Health Studies, professor of Community Medicine and Health Care, and associate professor of Anthropology at the University of Connecticut.
Jean J. Schensul is founding director and senior scientist at the Institute for Community Research, Hartford, Connecticut.
Margaret D. LeCompte is professor emerita of education and sociology at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

Table of Contents

List of Tables and Figures List of Examples Introduction Chapter 1: Initiating Ethnographic Research: Models, Methods, and Measurement Chapter 2: Selecting a Research Site and Focus Chapter 3: Preparing for Challenges in the Field Chapter 4: The Ethnographer as Theorist: Introduction to Modeling Mid-Range Theory Chapter 5: Constructing Formative Research Models Chapter 6: Operationalization and Measurement Chapter 7: Mixed Methods Models, Measures, and Case Examples Chapter 8: Modeling Ethnographic Intervention Approaches References Index About the Authors and Artists
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