Listening to People | Annette Lareau

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A down-to-earth, practical guide for interview and participant observation and analysis.In-depth interviews and close observation are essential to the work of social scientists, but inserting one’s researcher-self into the lives of others can be daunting, especially early on. Esteemed sociologist Annette Lareau is here to help. Lareau’s clear, insightful, and personal guide is not your average methods text. It promises to reduce researcher anxiety while illuminating the best methods for first-rate research practice.As the title of this book suggests, Lareau considers listening to be the core…