Research Strategies in Human Biology - Field and Survey Studies

Klappentext This book is about doing field research - the obstacles that are faced and the strategies used. Zusammenfassung This book is about doing research rather than about results. It discusses obstacles encountered and strategies for success in fieldwork and survey research in biological anthropology. Such accounts can supplement what one learns from teachers and fellow students. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of boxes; List of contributors; Preface; 1. Planning a research project G. W. Lasker; 2. Research designs and sampling strategies C. G. N. Mascie-Taylor; 3. Biocultural studies of ethnic groups B. Bogin; 4. Migration M. A. Little and P. W. Leslie; 5. Collection of human population genetic data D. F. Roberts; 6. Nutritional studies in biological anthropology S. J. Ulijaszek and S. S. Strickland; 7. Historical demography and population structure J. H. Mielke and A. C. Swedlund; 8. Writing for publication G. W. Lasker; Index.

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• Authors: G. Ed Lasker, G. Ed. Lasker, Gabriel Ward (Wayne State University) Masc Lasker, Gabriel Ward Mascie-Taylor Lasker
• Assisted by: G. W. Lasker (Editor), Gabriel Ward Lasker (Editor), C. G. Nicholas Mascie-Taylor (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.11.1993
• EAN: 9780521431880
• ISBN: 978-0-521-43188-0
• No. of pages: 220
• Series: Cambridge Atmospheric & Space
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Medicine > Non-clinical medicine; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology