Sheedi Community in Sindh, Pakistan - Sindhi Association of North ...

field difficult. During data analysis, diary becomes an important professional
document.
1.8.13 FIELD NOTES
For a field worker, field notes are of utmost importance, I used to write my field
notes daily and regularly by arranging the data. Whereas field notes serve as a
mean to store the daily information, so, we can say that field notes are the core
tools of research.
1.8.14 JOTTING
As we know that human memory is a very poor and we cannot remember things
for long period. So jotting is a best technique to remember things because these
are in written form with us. I kept a not pad with me at all times in the field and,
make field jotting on the spot.
1.8.15 LOG
Anthropologist plan to spend his time on the field, it is always you do systematic;
you spend one day in the field and made planning for the next day that what will
you do tomorrow according to your first day data.
1.8.16 CASE STUDY
Case study method is widely used in anthropological research and is an
important source to know the in-depth analysis of community‟s perceptions about
different phenomena. I have done case studies of 4 marriages as sample, two
young women to study their life history, three families as sample for knowing their
belief, marriage patterns, family history and other customs and traditions.
1.8.17 SAMPLING
Bernard defines sampling as:
“Samples are used to estimate the true values or parameters of statistics in a
population and to do so with a calculable probability of errors.”
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