Cross-cultural research methods /Carol R. Ember and Melvin Ember.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Lanham, Maryland : AltaMira Press, (c)2001.Description: viii, 164 pages ; 23 cmContent type:
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Contents:
The research question -- Theories and hypotheses -- The art of measurement -- Minimizing error -- Sampling -- Coding data -- Statistical analysis -- Reliability -- Summing up -- Appendix: Using the Human Relations Area Files.
Subject: Cross-cultural researchers describe, compare, and test patterns that occur in different, discrete cultures. In this brief textbook, two of the world's leading cross-cultural researchers describe both the logic of and process of doing research in this tradition. The Embers take the reader through a study, from developing a hypothesis through sampling, measuring, coding, and analysis. They point to the difficulties in developing reliable statements about cross-cultural patterns and how to minimize those difficulties. The authors also offer advice on how to use the Human Relations Area Files-- a worldwide database of ethnographic information-- to conduct cross-cultural studies.
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The logic of cross-cultural research -- The research question -- Theories and hypotheses -- The art of measurement -- Minimizing error -- Sampling -- Coding data -- Statistical analysis -- Reliability -- Summing up -- Appendix: Using the Human Relations Area Files.

Cross-cultural researchers describe, compare, and test patterns that occur in different, discrete cultures. In this brief textbook, two of the world's leading cross-cultural researchers describe both the logic of and process of doing research in this tradition. The Embers take the reader through a study, from developing a hypothesis through sampling, measuring, coding, and analysis. They point to the difficulties in developing reliable statements about cross-cultural patterns and how to minimize those difficulties. The authors also offer advice on how to use the Human Relations Area Files-- a worldwide database of ethnographic information-- to conduct cross-cultural studies.

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