Learning from the Field

A Guide from Experience

By: William F. Whyte, Kathleen King Whyte (As told to)

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Paperback | 1 December 1984

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In this volume Professor Whyte compiles information gathered from his vast experience in field research. The book provides invaluable information for the student - it covers a broad range of research, with many examples to illustrate findings. The author shows not only how to gather data, but how, and why, relevant data should be selected and gives a realistic picture of problems encountered by the field researcher.

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Non-Fiction Social Services & Welfare Social Welfare & Social Services Social Work Reference, Information & Interdisciplinary Subjects Interdisciplinary Studies Communication Studies Sociology & Anthropology Sociology Social Research & Statistics Anthropology Psychology

Cognition & Cognitive Psychology Education Educational Psychology

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 in 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
Scheme and Styles of Social Research
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