Tattooing and Techniques of Cross-Cultural Research
Part II: Outline of Basic Steps of a 

Cross-Cultural Study (from Otterbein 1969)

by William Divale

 Department of Anthropology

York College (City University of New York), Jamaica, NY

1. Select the Research Topic

2. Construct a Propositional Inventory

3. Derive Hypotheses

4. Index the Variables

5. Construct Dummy Tables

6. Choose a Culture Sample

7. Code the Data: Data Entry Sheet and Data Coding Sheet

8. Tabulate the Data

9. Perform the Calculations: Frequency Distribution

10. Analyze the Results

11. Write the Report

INDEX

Part I: Syllabus

Part II: Outline of Basic Steps of a Cross-Cultural Study
(contains Proposition Inventories, Data Entry Sheet, etc.)

Part III: Outline of a Cross Cultural Study Paper

Part I V: Outline of a Conference Paper