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Indigenous Statistics: A Quantitative Research Methodology
Maggie Walter
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Description for Indigenous Statistics: A Quantitative Research Methodology
Paperback. The first book on Indigenous quantitative methodologies, this concise, accessible text opens up a major new approach for research across the disciplines and applied fields. Num Pages: 159 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: JHBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 218.
In the first book ever published on Indigenous quantitative methodologies, Maggie Walter and Chris Andersen open up a major new approach to research across the disciplines and applied fields. While qualitative methods have been rigorously critiqued and reformulated, the population statistics relied on by virtually all research on Indigenous peoples continue to be taken for granted as straightforward, transparent numbers. This book dismantles that persistent positivism with a forceful critique, then fills the void with a new paradigm for Indigenous quantitative methods, using concrete examples of research projects from First World Indigenous peoples in the United States, Australia, and Canada. ... Read more
In the first book ever published on Indigenous quantitative methodologies, Maggie Walter and Chris Andersen open up a major new approach to research across the disciplines and applied fields. While qualitative methods have been rigorously critiqued and reformulated, the population statistics relied on by virtually all research on Indigenous peoples continue to be taken for granted as straightforward, transparent numbers. This book dismantles that persistent positivism with a forceful critique, then fills the void with a new paradigm for Indigenous quantitative methods, using concrete examples of research projects from First World Indigenous peoples in the United States, Australia, and Canada. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Left Coast Press Inc United States
Number of pages
159
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
Walnut Creek, United States
ISBN
9781611322934
SKU
V9781611322934
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About Maggie Walter
Maggie Walter is Professor of Sociology and the inaugural Pro Vice-Chancellor of Aboriginal Research and Leadership at the University of Tasmania, Australia. Chris Andersen is Dean and Professor in the Faculty of Native Studies at the University of Alberta, Canada.
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