Units of Analysis and Methodologies for Qualitative Studies
Learn about connecting the unit of analysis with the qualitative methodology.
Finding Researchable Problems
Find suggestions for navigating the problem formulation stage that precedes research design in social science research.
Who identifies research problems?
Let’s begin this quarter’s exploration of research design by thinking about the research problem or topic. Who decides what to study?
Research Ethics and Integrity during Global Crisis
What ethical research practices are needed in a time-pressured crisis - such as the pandemic we have so recently experienced? These are questions the PREPARED team is tackling. Watch the livestream of the recent meeting in Paris.
Collaborative feminist research methods in practice
The goals for this collaborative feminist research project were to bring together scholars who had critical methodological lenses, focusing our study through a collaborative feminist methodological lens to explore and address gender-based inequities in higher education institutions. Find the open-access book and toolkit the co-authors created.
Computational Literature Reviews
In this interview David Antons and Oliver Salge discuss the roles humans and machines can take to plan and conduct computational literature reviews.
Citation Context Analysis
In this interview Dr. Marc Anderson explains how and why to use citation context analysis to track impact of scholarly publications over time.
Ethnography
Ethnography is a widely used qualitative methodology, growing from roots in anthropology to acceptance in a wide range of disciplines.
Using an Equity Lens to Design your Research
For researchers interested in incorporating equity into their work, it all starts at the very beginning with designing the study. Learn more in this guest post!
“Teaching Computational Social Science” webinar recording
In this Sage Methodspace webinar Dr. Matti Nelimarkka and Dr. Friedolin Merhout discuss strategies for engaging with students and building the skills needed to design, plan, and conduct studies using computational social science methods
Design Strategy: How to Choose a Qualitative Research Design
How do you decide which methodology fits your study? In this dialogue Linda Bloomberg and Janet Boberg explain the importance of a strategic approach to qualitative research design that stresses alignment with the purpose of the study.
Systematicity in Literature Reviews
Dr. Brian Fox explains why systematicity is important in literature reviews.
Theorizing Through Literature Reviews: The Miner-Prospector Continuum
In the article “Theorizing Through Literature Reviews: The Miner-Prospector Continuum” Dermot Breslin and Caroline Gatrell pose an intriguing question: do you approach the literature review as a miner or as a prospector? They discuss options in an interview.
Designing Narrative Research
What are narrative methods? In this post find a description, and a collection of books and open-access exemplars that use qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches.
Sample Selection in Systematic Literature Reviews
How do decide what literature you need for a review? See this post featuring an interview Martin Hiebl and related open-access article about sample selection.
Partnering Up: Including Managers (and Practitioners) as Research Partners in Systematic Reviews
Garima Sharma and Pratima (Tima) Bansal discuss ways to engage with managers, professionals, or practitioners to learn from the literature using a systematic review process.
Books about Action Research Methodologies and Methods
Learn about Sage books about designing, conducting, and analyzing data for action research and other participatory methods across multiple disciplines. You will find open-access preview chapters and a discount code.
Learn about Methodological Literature Reviews
In this interview Dr. Herman Aguinis and Dr. Ravi Ramani discuss the article they wrote with Dr. Nawaf Alabduljader, “Best-Practice Recommendations for Producers, Evaluators, and Users of Methodological Literature Reviews.”
Synthesizing Methodological Literature
Find tips for organizing and synthesizing methodological sources for your literature review.