Citation
Kennedy, David P. (2005). Scale Adaptation and Ethnography.
Field Methods, 17(4), 412-431.
Abstract
In this article, the author discusses his experience adapting a scale while conducting an ethnography of childbearing motivation in central Honduras. He argues that the goals of scale adaptation and ethnography overlap and that the combination of both activities improves field data collection. The author discusses how this combination improves validity and reliability in ethnographic fieldwork. He presents this argument with a detailed description of the steps he took to adapt an instrument to measure what he calls "natality culture" in central Honduras.
URL
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1525822X05280060Reference Type
Journal Article
Year Published
2005
Journal Title
Field Methods
Author(s)
Kennedy, David P.
