The definitions laid out in the post “What are “Emerging” Methods?” are used as a springboard for discussing open-access articles from the journal, Methodological Innovations.

This month on Methodspace we will take a new look at ways to use traditional methods for collecting and analyzing data and consider innovative methods now emerging in the field.

This collection of open-access articles offers a range of strategies for evaluating your research project and process.

Want to learn more about evaluation? Looking for resources for students? Check out these articles, videos, and a free webinar series from Michael Quinn Patton and Charmagne E. Campbell-Patton.

In this interview one of co-authors of Evaluation: A Systematic Approach discusses evaluative practices.

Open-access articles about cultural issues and implications for evaluative studies.

What ethical issues arise in evaluation? Find examples and recommendations in this collection of open-access articles.

Academic evaluation regimes set up to quantify the quality of research, individual scholars, and institutions have been widely criticized for the detrimental effects they have on academic environments and on knowledge production itself. Max Fochler and Sarah de Rijcke recently called for a more exploratory, less standardized way of doing research evaluation, with the introduction of the concept of the evaluative inquiry.

Michael Quinn Patton and Charmagne E. Campbell-Patton answer some questions about their work as evaluators and as a father-daughter co-author team.

Read about this co-creative project and methodologies for evaluating its success.

This collection of posts from the archives features posts by Steve Wallis and Bernadette Wright, authors of “Practical Mapping for Applied Research and Program Evaluation.”

Learn about the What? Why? When? How? Where? and Who? of evaluation from Michael Quinn Patton and Charmagne E. Campbell-Patton.

When researchers conduct studies in professional or organizational settings, whose ethical guidelines should be observed? See this collection of open-access articles for examples.

Dr. Jan Eichhorn offers tips for survey research.

If you are a researcher accustomed to quantitative methods, listen to Dr. Helen Kara’s discussion about the importance of understanding qualitative research basics.

Watch the recorded “Understanding cultural issues in research design” webinar and find relevant resources.

Research with vulnerable participants involves special considerations. Find examples in this collection of open-access articles from SAGE journals.

Dr. Muratovski reminds us that researchers work in a variety of settings, so must tailor studies and present proposals that will be understood.

Dr. Rick Szostak discusses ways to broaden doctoral studies using interdisciplinary approaches.

Gjoko Muratovski, author of Research for Designers will encourage us to think like designers, and cross disciplines as needed to develop innovative approaches.