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Listening to People - A Practical Guide to Interviewing, Participant Observation, Data Analysis, and Writing It All Up (Hardcover)
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Listening to People - A Practical Guide to Interviewing, Participant Observation, Data Analysis, and Writing It All Up (Hardcover)
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A down-to-earth, practical guide for interview and participant
observation and analysis. In-depth interviews and close observation
are essential to the work of social scientists, but inserting one's
researcher-self into the lives of others can be daunting,
especially early on. Esteemed sociologist Annette Lareau is here to
help. Lareau's clear, insightful, and personal guide is not your
average methods text. It promises to reduce researcher anxiety
while illuminating the best methods for first-rate research
practice. As the title of this book suggests, Lareau considers
listening to be the core element of interviewing and observation. A
researcher must listen to people as she collects data, listen to
feedback as she describes what she is learning, listen to the
findings of others as they delve into the existing literature on
topics, and listen to herself in order to sift and prioritize some
aspects of the study over others. By listening in these different
ways, researchers will discover connections, reconsider
assumptions, catch mistakes, develop and assess new ideas, weigh
priorities, ponder new directions, and undertake numerous
adjustments-all of which will make their contributions clearer and
more valuable. Accessibly written and full of practical,
easy-to-follow guidance, this book will help both novice and
experienced researchers to do their very best work. Qualitative
research is an inherently uncertain project, but with Lareau's
help, you can alleviate anxiety and focus on success.
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