Better Together: Online Qualitative Design, Data Collection & Analysis Webinar Recording
View a recorded webinar with Dr. Janet Salmons, Research Community Manager for Methodspace and author of Doing Qualitative Research Online, Dr. Stacy Penna, Customer Engagement and Enablement Director for Lumivero (previously NVivo, and Leon Bourner, Director of Sales and Client Development for itracks.
Ethics and Engagement with Stakeholders: Interview with Prof. Lesley Wood
Professor Lesley Wood explains why it is important to engage with stakeholders and participants, and how to build these practices into your own research.
Designing Studies with a Grounded Theory Methodology
Selecting the methodology is an essential piece of research design. Grounded theory is one option, a methodology used for both qualitative and quantitative research.
Books about Phenomenological Research Design
Find SAGE books about phenomenological research, sample chapters, and a purchase discount.
Critical Race Theory as a Research Design Framework
In this collection of open-access articles, researchers consider ways Critical Race Theory can be used to frame studies that look at the intersection of race and other societal, cultural, economic, and or political factors.
Equity Framework for Research Design and Practice
The Equity Working Group of the CTE Research Network (CTERN) has published a new framework for any researcher in social or education fields on using an equity lens to do their research. Find a link to The Equity Framework for CTE Research and information about a free webinar.
Archival Research on Black History
The new open-access Protests Against Racism Web Archive from the Library of Congress contains a selection of websites documenting protests against racism and police brutality against Black people. Also find resources about using archival data in your research.
Research Aims Appropriate to Integrated Mixed Methods
Elizabeth Creamer discusses the selection of a research problem in mixed methods research.
Psychological Safety for Researchers
Dr. Cindy Veldhuis discusses the need for attention to researcher safety for those who study LGBTQ+ issues.
Criteria for Selecting a Research Approach: Advice from John and David Creswell
Given the possibility of qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods approaches, what factors affect a choice of one approach over another for the design of a proposal?
Pros and Cons of Online Survey Research
Thinking about designing a study using online surveys? Learn from these researchers’ experiences.
Quantitative Research with Nonexperimental Designs
What is the difference between experimental and non-experimental research design? We look at how non-experimental design distinguishes itself from experimental design and how it can be applied in the research process with open-access examples.
Research with Black Participants: Scholars Rethink Methods and Methodology
This collection of open-access articles offers examples of creative thinking about methods selected for studies that engage Black participants.
Holistic Thinking and Qualitative E-Research Design
Online researchers face design challenges because they must also consider the implications of the technologies used in the study. By using an iterative, holistic approach, you can look inter-related dimensions of the design.
Designing qualitative research with the Total Quality Framework
Margaret Roller’s and Paul Lavrakas' Total Quality Framework is a straightforward tool for thinking about qualitative research designs. Learn about the TQF and find a collection of resources you can use at the design stage.
Literature Reviews and Review Research
Want to design and plan a review study? Find open-access examples of systematic reviews, meta-syntheses, meta–analyses, and integrative literature reviews. Also, learn more with related SAGE books.
A research conversation about qualitative research design
Watch this 2021 interview with Pengfei Zhao, Karen Ross, Peiwei Li and Barbara Dennis to gain new perspectives on the potential for social research and qualitative research design.
Designing Literature Reviews as a Research Project
Review research has become a credible and legitimate form of scientific inquiry in various fields of science including management and organizational sciences. Find open-access articles with practical advice about planning a review study.
Design Studies with Online Surveys
Online surveys, or those completed on an app, have largely replaced those completed with pen and paper. These articles offer advice and recommendations for researchers specific to the design of studies that involve use of electronic surveys.
Perspectives on Survey Research Design
Find guidance about designing studies that use surveys to collect