Teaching and learning quantitative research methods in the social sciences
Instructional tips for teaching quantitative data analysis.
How can we judge the trustworthiness of a research finding?
In an era of rampant misinformation and disinformation, what research can you trust? Dr. Stephen Gorard offers guidance!
Confident assessment in research-oriented classes, Part 2
Tips on grading and marking to make it relevant and useful for students’ future research.
Confident assessment in research-oriented classes, Part 1
Tips on assessing a course to make it relevant and useful for students’ future research.
Teaching and Learning Excel for Data Analysis
Don’t have funds for data analysis software? Use Excel! Learn how in this interview with Charlotte Brookfield.
Teaching data analysis? Practical resources for new researchers
What does it all mean? Analysis and interpretation of data are difficult practices to learn. These open-access articles from SAGE journals offer practical how-to steps for new researchers.
Making Statistics Accessible and Relevant in Politics and IR
After 20 years of teaching research and quantitative methods to students in Political Science in the US, UK, and the EU, Dr. Loveless has developed a teaching method that has resulted in greater student success in statistics in each passing year
Teaching Statistical Analysis? Open-Access Resources about Regression Analysis
Find open-access instructional materials and articles about teaching how to use regression analysis methods.
Teaching Approaches to Visualizing Data
Find open-access instructional materials from the course: Data Visualisation in Political Psychology at The University of Sheffield.
What math skills do researchers need?
Learn about math skills that are essential for researchers.
Who is in my classroom and why does it matter for teaching research methods?
Why does identity matter in the methods classroom?