• Contents
  • Index
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  • 1. Introduction
  • Table of contents
  • 2. General terms and ideas
  • 3. Ways of doing fieldwork
    • 3.1 On the spot transcription and recording
    • 3.2 Participant observation
    • 3.3 Questionnaires
    • 3.4 Interviews
    • 3.5 Combining methods
  • 4. Interviewing
    • 4.1 Structuring an interview
    • 4.2 Style of speaking and asking
    • 4.3 Where to conduct the interview
    • 4.4 Tapping into the vernacular
  • 5. Choosing informants
    • 5.1 Classifying an informant
    • 5.2 Selecting informants
    • 5.3 Meeting informants
    • 5.4 Representativeness and random sampling
    • 5.5 Stratified random sampling and judgment sampling
    • 5.6 Interview length
    • 5.7 Amount of data
  • 6. Ethics
    • 6.1 Avoiding harm
    • 6.2 Compensation
    • 6.3 Informed consent
    • 6.4 Anonymity and labeling
    • 6.5 Archiving
    • 6.6 Responsibility to the community
    • 6.7 Surreptitious recording
    • 6.8 Dealing with other researchers
  • 7. General advice
    • 7.1 Backgroud information
    • 7.2 What to call the participants
    • 7.3 Funding
    • 7.4 Permits
    • 7.5 Equipment and supplies
  • Bibliography
  • Compensation