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On-line resources
Theory of Planned Behavior - Includes how to write a survey for planned behavior research.
Courses
Ethnographic Methods Statistics
Text resources
Qualitative data and Ethnographic Methodologies
Agar, Michael. (1996 ed.) The Professional Stranger: An informal introduction to ethnography. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, Inc. Bernard, Russell. (2002) Research Methods in Anthropology. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press. DeWalt, K.M., Dewalt, B.R., 2002. Participant Observation: A guide for fieldworkers. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press
Survey design
Sudman, Seymore & Norman M. Bradburn. 1982. Asking Questions: A Practical Guide to Questionnaire Design. Jossey-Bass Inc., San Francisco.
Creswell, J.W. Research Design, Quantitative, Qualitative and Mixed Methods Approaches. 2003. Sage Publications Ltd.
Miles, M.B. & Huberman, A.M. 1994. Qualitative Data Analysis: an expanded sourcebook. Sage Publications Ltd.
Sunstein, B.S. & Chiseri-Strater, E. 2007. Fieldworking - Reading and Writing Research. Bedford/St. Martin's
Statistical approaches to research questions
Quinn, J.F. & A.E. Dunham. 1983. On Hypothesis Testing in Ecology and Evolution. The American Naturalist 122(5): 602-617.
Stephens, P.A. et al. 2006. Inference in Ecology and Evolution. Trends in Ecology and Evolution 22(4): 192-197.
Method overview - combination survey & biological data
Cinner, J.E. & T.R. McClanahan. 2006. Socioeconomic factors that lead to overfishing in small-scale coral reef fisheries of Papua New Guinea. Environmental Conservation 33(1): 73-80.
Others
Barrett, C.B., and J.W. Cason. 1997. Overseas Research: A Practical Guide. Johns Hopkins University Press. Baltimore.
Belakere, Ramegowda and K.M. Jayaramaiah. 1997. Community Development in Drought-Prone Areas. Community Development Journal 32(2): 133-140. Compares views of aid givers and recipients.
Bertrand, M., and S. Mullainathan. 2001. Do people mean what they say? Implications for social survey data. American Economic Review 91(2):67-72.
Bleek, W. 1987. Lying informants: A fieldwork experience from Ghana. Population and Development Review 13(2):314-322.
Boa, E., et al. 2001. Standing on all three legs: the Tecnico as a cross-cultural occupational group. Economic Botany 55(3):363-369. Discusses advantages of using local technical experts in surveys.
Cedamon, E.D. and N. Emtage. 2005. Conducting surveys on forestry attitudes and practices in Leyte communities, Philippines: experiences and lessons learnt. Small-scale Forest Economics, Management, and Policy 4(1):69-84. Describes some of the problems of conducting interviews and surveys in rural and remote locations, problems with HSR when review boards don’t know what they are doing.
Clemens, M.S. 2008. Participant observation at Buduburam refugee settlement, Ghana: Fatigue, fevers, and food rations. Practicing Anthropology 30(3):33-37.
Datta, Dipankar. 2006. The role of local elites in development projects: an experience from the Sudan. PLA Notes 54:128-134. An example of talking to the wrong people. Response bias.
Devereux, S. and J. Hoddinott. 1993. Fieldwork in developing countries. Lynne Rienner Publishing, Boulder CO.
Emerson, R.M., R.I. Fretz, and L.L. Shaw. 1995. Writing ethnographic fieldnotes. U. of Chicago Press. Chicago.
Inglis, Andy. 1991. Harvesting local forestry knowledge: a comparison of RRA and conventional surveys. RRA Notes 12:32-40
Kitchin, R. and N.J. Tate. 2000. Conducting research into human geography. Prentice-Hall., Harlow, England.
Legros, Stephane, Youssef Tawfik, Hany Abdallah, Xavier Crespin, Mamoudou Djingarey and Tessie Tzavaras Catsambas. 2002. Evaluation of the Quality Assurance Project and BASICS Joint Project in Niger. International Journal for Quality in Health Care 14(1): 97-104. Good example of self-reporting bias.
Monroe. M.C. 2001. Evaluation’s friendly voice: the structured open-ended interview. Applied Environmental Education and Communication. 2001:13-18.
Nichols, Paul. 1991. Social survey methods: a fieldguide for development workers. Development guidelines No. 6. Oxfam. Oxford.
Paul, B.K. 2003. Relief assistance to 1998 flood victims: a comparison of the government and NGOS. The Geographical Journal 169(1):75-89. Interesting comparison of work done by two different groups. Includes interviews, acknowledges why there may be some bias.
Rubin, H.J., and I.S. Rubin. Qualitative Interviewing: the art of hearing data. Sage publications. Thousand Oaks CA
Sanjek, Roger. 1990. Fieldnotes: the makings of anthropology. Cornell University Press, Cornell NY
Trevett, Andrew Francis, Richard C. Carter and Sean F. Tyrrel. 2004. Water quality deterioration: A study of household drinking water quality in rural Honduras. International Journal of Environmental Health Research 14(4): 273-283.
Utarini, Adi, Anna Winkvist and Gretel H. Pelto. 2001. Appraising Studies in Health Using Rapid Assessment Procedures (RAP): Eleven Critical Criteria. Human Organization 60 (4): 390-400.
Yin, Robert K. 2009. Case study research: design and methods (4th ed). Sage publications. Thousand Oaks CA. |
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Recorded sessions 9/10 and 9/11:
Intro: Welcome by John Gierke
Presentation 1: Erika Vye Design and implementation of community based questionnaires: A case study of earthquake mitigation and preparedness strategies in Uttarakhand, Northern India Q & A : Session following E. Vye’s presentation Presentation 2: Rudiger Escobar-Wolf: The design and implementation of interviews with various stakeholder groups: Volcanic crisis response and evacuations at Volcán de Fuego, Guatemala.
Q&A: Session following R. Escobar-Wolf’s presentation Presentation 3: Luke Bowman: Qualitative vs. quantitative: Using qualitative methods to analyze and evaluate the impact of nongovernmental agency strategies on community perceptions of volcanic hazard and disaster preparednessQ&A Session following L. Bowman’s presentation Presentation 4: Kristen Schmitt: Using household surveys to study changing natural resource use in coastal NicaraguaQ&A Session following K. Schmitt’s presentation
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