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Danny L. Jorgensen |
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Psychology · Social Science |
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Format: Paperback Publisher: Sage Pubns (February 01, 1989) Measurements: 8.75"(h) x 5.5"(w) x 0.25"(d), 0.45 lbs. ISBN: 9780803928770 |
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<P>"Danny L. Jorgensen's book certainly provides a good handbook to supplement the more general comments on participant observation found in other texts. . . . I also appreciate Jorgensen's attention to note taking and analysis--means of making ethnographic participant-observation less informal and more systematic. His approach dovetails nicely with grounded theory, which I have found useful in my work and as a teaching tool to unify the theory and methods components of the course I teach." --Benita J. Howell, University of Tennessee "Primarily oriented to the reader unfamiliar with its terrain. Danny L. Jorgensen takes a stance without being overly polemical, and he is to be congratulated for his clear writing, excellent use of examples, and comprehensive treatment of this complex process." --Contemporary Sociology "A highly readable and impressive handbook on a research methodology that is attracting greater interest in foreign language education. . . . The organization of Participant Organizati |
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