1. Raybeck used many of the techniques on page 71 of Thinking Like an Anthropologist. He identified key informants including Yusof and Mat, administered oral surveys to prostitutes, collected family relationships, and mapped the community. He also participated in the night watch (jaga) to learn about the configuration of the community, get to know his fellow villagers and fulfill his civic duty. (26, 54-55, 62, 112)2. Raybeck incorporated life stories and case studies as well as the semantic differential, a psycholinguistic instrument for quantitatively analyzing the connotations of concepts. Douglas was accompanied by his girlfriend Karen. She could occasionally access situations where he couldn't. For example, she was invited to participate in the preparation of celebrations and to eat with the women in the kitchen. Through this network, Karen discovered that women were willing to talk more openly about their feelings and that they sometimes heard village gossip before Douglas. Karen also did most of the shopping at the market and learned to bargain from a chicken seller. (44-47, 94, 99-100, 166, 180, 186-187)3. Raybeck suggests that a balance between qualitative and quantitative data collection is the most effective approach. Raybeck's study of the semantic differential was intended to be scientific. Quantitative approaches, while precise and data-rich, omit information and reduce complex situations to simple numbers. Raybeck found that interpretive approaches, while imprecise and difficult to replicate, are broad and rely on context to convey deeper meaning. Raybeck's way of reporting his findings about community is humanistic. This allows the reader to get a sense of the empathy and context of the situations Raybeck experiences. (90-100, 195-197)4. Ra...... middle of paper ......126)20. Raybeck did a good job of downplaying ethnocentrism. As he spent more time in Malaysia, he became an accepted insider and his ethnocentrism declined. Raybeck felt more like an insider in that he could report on the happenings of the Chinese who lived in the village as if he were a Kelantanese. Karen demonstrated ethnocentrism when, in accordance with local and religious customs, she agreed to wear a head covering on religious holidays, but refused to walk behind Douglas. The villagers showed ethnocentrism by questioning the couple about their lack of children when the custom in Malaysia was to have many children. (49, 51, 186, 201)Source: Raybeck, Douglas. 1996. Mad Dogs, the English and the Wandering Anthropologist. Long Grove, IL: Waveland Press, Inc. Source: Omohundro, John. Think like an anthropologist. New York, New York: McGraw-Hill.