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Research Methods in Anthropology: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches

'Research Methods in Anthropology' is the standard textbook for methods courses in anthropology. This fourth edition contains all the useful methodological advice of previous editions and more: additional material on text analysis, an expanded section on sampling in field settings, and dozens of new examples.

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epic · 803 pages

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