Essential Ethnographic Data Collection Methods Through Observations, Interviews, and Ethnographic Surveys: A Mixed Methods Approach

Ethnographer's Toolkit #3

by Jean J. Schensul, Margaret D. LeCompte

Essential Ethnographic Methods introduces the fundamental, face-to-face data collection tools for ethnographers and other qualitative researchers and provides detailed instruction to improve the quality and scope of data collection.

Genres: Ethnography, Anthropology, Research

386 pages, Paperback

First published August 19, 1999

About the author

Jean J. Schensul is a medical anthropologist and senior scientist at The Institute for Community Research, in Hartford, Connecticut. Dr. Schensul is most notable for her research on HIV/AIDS prevention and other health-related research in the United States, as well as her extensive writing on ethnographic research methods. She has made notable contributions to the field of applied anthropology, with her work on structural interventions to health disparities leading to the development of new organizations, community research partnerships, and community/university associations. Schensul’s work has been dedicated to community-based research on topics such as senior health, education, and substance abuse, among others.