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1. Introduction
Table of contents
2. General terms and ideas
3. Ways of doing fieldwork
3.1 On the spot transcription and recording
3.2 Participant observation
3.3 Questionnaires
3.4 Interviews
3.5 Combining methods
4. Interviewing
4.1 Structuring an interview
4.2 Style of speaking and asking
4.3 Where to conduct the interview
4.4 Tapping into the vernacular
5. Choosing informants
5.1 Classifying an informant
5.2 Selecting informants
5.3 Meeting informants
5.4 Representativeness and random sampling
5.5 Stratified random sampling and judgment sampling
5.6 Interview length
5.7 Amount of data
6. Ethics
6.1 Avoiding harm
6.2 Compensation
6.3 Informed consent
6.4 Anonymity and labeling
6.5 Archiving
6.6 Responsibility to the community
6.7 Surreptitious recording
6.8 Dealing with other researchers
7. General advice
7.1 Backgroud information
7.2 What to call the participants
7.3 Funding
7.4 Permits
7.5 Equipment and supplies
Bibliography
Compensation
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