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Tables of Contents for Analyzing & Interpreting Ethnographic Data
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Figures
ix
List of Tables
xi
Introduction
xiii
Analysis and Interpretation
1
10
Analysis Defined
3
2
Interpretation Defined
5
6
In-the-Field Analysis
11
26
Inscription
13
4
Description
17
1
Transcription
18
13
Summary
31
6
Tidying Up
37
8
Steps in Tidying Up
37
5
Summary
42
3
Analysis From the Top Down
45
22
Applying Codes Deductively
45
10
What Is a Code?
55
2
What Do Codes Look Like?
57
1
Where Do Codes Come From?
58
3
Precoding Data
61
1
Kinds of Codes or Categories
62
2
Limitations on Coding
64
2
Summary
66
1
Analysis From the Bottom Up: The Item Level of Analysis
67
18
The Item Level of Analysis
68
2
Using Domain Analysis to Identify Items
70
5
Using Constant Comparison and Analytic Induction to Identify Items
75
3
Using Lofland's Structure of Activities to Identify Items
78
2
Using Mishler's Linguistic Analysis to Identify Items in Stories
80
1
Summary
81
4
Creating a Codebook
85
10
What Is a Codebook?
85
5
Using a Computer for Coding of Text Data
90
3
Summary
93
2
Preliminary Results: Identifying Patterns and Structures
95
18
The Pattern Level of Analysis
97
1
How Do Patterns Emerge?
98
14
Summary
112
1
Managing Quantitative Data
113
30
Returning to Theory
114
5
Organizing Ethnographic Survey Data
119
12
Data Management
131
11
Summary
142
1
Analyzing Ethnographic Survey Data
143
34
Logical Processes: Returning to the Source
144
3
Descriptive Statistics
147
7
Bivariate Statistics
154
1
Multivariate Statistics
154
13
Triangulating Qualitative, Survey, and Other Forms of Quantitative Data
167
8
Summary
175
2
Fine-Tuning Results: Assembling Components, Structures, and Constituents
177
36
Getting Started
177
1
Look at the Theoretical Framework
178
2
Review the Research Questions
180
1
Create Vignettes
180
6
Write Some History
186
1
Describe a Social Process
187
1
Create Summaries of Interview of Survey Results
187
1
Create Collections of Quotations
187
1
Create a Conceptual Framework and Draw a Graphic Picture of It
188
2
Use a Standard Narrative Form
190
1
Borrow a Narrative From From The People Whom You Are Studying
190
1
Develop a Metaphor
191
1
Describe the Functions or Organizational Structure of Group
192
2
Write Up the Critical Events in Chronological Order
194
1
Make a List of the Most Important Empirical Facts
194
1
Create a Display; or, When in Doubt, Draw a Picture!
195
3
Types of Displays
198
13
Summary
211
2
Creating Interpretations
213
14
Engage in Speculation
217
1
Review the Research Questions
217
1
Review the Formative Ethnographic Theory
218
1
Review Relevant Theories
219
1
Repeat the Analytic Strategies That Produced Research Results
220
1
Present a Contrasted Insider and Outsider Perspective
221
1
Look for Program Relevance
221
1
Look for Policy Relevance
222
1
Evaluate the Project
223
1
Consider the Audience
224
1
Summary
224
3
References
227
6
Index
233
8
About the Editors, Authors, and Artists
241