Race and Ethnicity in Research Methods

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION AND EPISTEMOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS Methodological Reflections - John H Stanfield II An Introduction Epistemological Considerations - John H Stanfield II PART TWO: QUALITATIVE METHODS Studying Across Differences - Margaret L Andersen Race, Class, and Gender in Qualitative Research Participant Observations - Rutledge M Dennis Ethnography as Personal Experience - Elisa Facio Analyzing Racism Through Discourse Analysis - Teun A van Dijk Some Methodological Reflections Urban Ethnography - Melvin D Williams Another Look PART THREE: QUANTITATIVE METHODS Demography and Race - Carole C Marks Measuring and Detecting Discrimination in the Post-Civil Rights Era - Samuel L Myers Jr Psychoeducational Assessment of Gifted and Talented African Americans - James M Patton Survey Research on African Americans - A Wade Smith Methodological Innovations PART FOUR: HISTORICAL/COMPARATIVE METHODS Toward a Multidimensional Historical Comparative Methodology - Duane Champagne Context, Process, and Causality The Comparative Study of Ethnicity - Charles C Ragin and Jeremy Hein Methodological and Conceptual Issues In the Archives - John H Stanfield II