Research Methods in Africana Studies | Revised Edition

ISBN-13: 9781433134739 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 408 str.

Serie McDougal III

Opis

Research Methods in Africana Studies, Revised Edition is a major contribution to the discipline of Africana studies and social science involving people of African descent in general.

Spis treści

Preface: Speak to the Posterity - Acknowledgments -Africana Studies and the Science of Knowing - Methodology in Africana Studies Research - Ethics in Research - Research Design - Choosing a Topic, Writing a Question, Reviewing the Literature - Measuring Social Reality - Sampling Procedures - Non-Reactive Methods - Scales and Indexes- Survey Design: Asking Questions - Experimental Design - Qualitative Field Research and Data Analysis - Quantitative Data Analysis - Glossary - Works Cited - Index

O autorze

Serie McDougal III is Associate Professor in the Department of Africana Studies in the College of Ethnic Studies and Director of the Black Unity Center at San Francisco State University. He is a former chair of the Department of Africana Studies. He received his B.S. in sociology from Loras College, his M.A. in Africana studies from the State University of New York at Albany, and his Ph.D. in African American studies from Temple University. Dr. McDougal is also Co-director of the Afrometrics Research Institute.