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Methodology of Comparative Studies of National Character: West Coast Survey

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This paper describes the methodology employed to survey Japanese Americans in the Seattle, Washington and San Jose, California areas. Japanese name dictionaries were used to generate a sampling frame of Japanese Americans who were registered voters in the counties that contained the two cities. Random samples were drawn and 344 survey respondents were interviewed. Items from the “Japanese National Survey” and from studies of Japanese American interpersonal style and community persistence were administered.

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  1. Santa Clara University and University of Washington, USA

    Stephen S. Fugita

  2. Department of American Ethnic Studies, University of Washington, USA

    Tetsuden Kashima

  3. Department of Sociology, University of Washington, USA

    S. Frank Miyamoto

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Fugita, S.S., Kashima, T. & Miyamoto, S.F. Methodology of Comparative Studies of National Character: West Coast Survey. Behaviormetrika 29, 143–148 (2002). https://doi.org/10.2333/bhmk.29.143

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