Cross-cultural research methods

Without ethnography, cross-cultural comparison would not be possible. But without cross-cultural comparison, we would know nothing of what may be universal or variable across human cultures, or why variation exists. Cross-Cultural Research Methods is an introductory teaching tool that shows students...

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Main Author: Ember, Carol R.
Other Authors: Ember, Melvin.
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Lanham : Altamira Press, 2009.
Edition:2nd ed.
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505 0 # |a The logic of cross-cultural research -- The research question -- Theories and hypotheses -- The art of measurement -- Minimizing error -- Sampling -- Coding data -- The basics of statistical analysis -- Reliability -- Introducing multivariate analysis -- Summing up. 
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