Culturally Competent Research: Using Ethnography as a Meta-Framework

by Amy Zaharlick and Mo Yee Lee

Book Overview

With the changing demographic landscape of American society, there has been a steady increase in studies and research on diverse populations and groups. However, it is not uncommon for these studies to be affected by methodological problems, including but not limited to the problems of overgeneralization, misuse of measurements, misinterpretation of findings, and the interpretation of differences not as diversity but as deficiencies. Simply put, the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199846596
• ISBN13: 9780199846597
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.1"