Facing Ethical Dilemmas During Research
Dr. Cheryl Poth discusses ways to address ethical issues that arise when the study is underway.
From Princeton to London via Chicago: My Summer Institute in Computational Social Science journey
Continuing our series on the Summer Insitute in Computational Social Science, Joshua Becker traces his SICSS journey.
Before I get into this, you should know I’m a network researcher. So even though this is ostensibly about a summer program, it’s also about networking. I almost didn’t participate in the Summer Institute in Computational Social Science, or SICSS as I now know it fondly. At the time, I thought it was just about learning the skills — and I felt I had a solid methods foundation — and mainly just applied because it seemed like the kind of thing I was supposed to do as a grad student. Having never previously seen the gorgeous Princeton campus, I imagined the trip itself as little more than spending two weeks in suburban New Jersey rather than at home with my wife. Luckily, I applied. And luckily, I was accepted. Mileage may vary, but I made out well on the deal.
Choosing a Methodology
How do you choose a methodology for a qualitative study? See this collection of articles.
Case Study Methods and Examples
What is case study methodology? It is unique given one characteristic: case studies draw from more than one data source. In this post find definitions and a collection of multidisciplinary examples.
Uncovering new keys to countering anti-Black racism and inequity using computational social science
A new Summer Institute in Computational Social Science organized by Howard University and Mathematica promises to bring the power of computational social science to the issues of systemic racism and inequality in America. This marks the first time the successful SICSS model is being hosted by a Historically Black College or University.
Facilitating Group Discussions With Participants on Zoom
Louise Couceiro discusses how she pivoted from a face-to-face to an online approach for a study with children.
What a year...Here are our top posts of 2020: From text mining tools in the social sciences to running online experiments and visualizing COVID-19 data
The SAGE Ocean Blog started the year off with a piece on our recently published white paper on software tools for social science. Next week we’ll publish a piece from senior product manager Daniela Duca on the challenges of running social science experiments from home and what tools can help. The move to online teaching, learning, and research feature heavily in our top posts of 2020. Back in April Katie Metzler wrote about the challenge COVID-19 to student research projects and in May, Jason Radford provided some helpful recommendations for translating studies into an online format and recruiting virtual participants.
Research & Writing, Creativity & Collaboration
Enjoy this collaborative post about creative thinking for research and academic writing by Jane Shore, Narelle Lemon, and Janet Salmons.
Social work & developmental approaches to Action Research—A conversation with Rosalie Dwyer
A discussion about engaging participants in action research in a social work context.
Commit to change and improve practice through Action Research
See this interview with Ernie Stringer and Geoff Mills to learn how he applies action research in educational contexts.
Research Ethics and COVID-19: Interview with Special Issue Editors
Check out this open-access special issue on "Research Ethics and COVID-19" and an interview with the editors.
Doing Qualitative Research in a Digital World: Interview with the Authors
Trena Paulus and Jessica Lester discuss changes in online research and updates to their book, Doing Qualitative Research in a Digital World.
Gary King makes all lectures for Quantitative Social Science Methods course free online
What is the field of statistical analysis? So begins Gary King’s first online course in the Harvard Government Dept graduate methods sequence. King, the Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor at Harvard University -- one of 25 with Harvard's most distinguished faculty title -- and Director of the Institute for Quantitative Social Science has just recorded all his lectures and made them free to access online. The videos range in length from 30 minutes to an hour and half and you can watch them all on YouTube here.
My journey into text mining
My journey into text mining started when the institute of Digital Humanities (DH) at the University of Leipzig invited students from other disciplines to take part in their introductory course. I was enrolled in a sociology degree at the time, and this component of data science was not part of the classic curriculum; however, I could explore other departments through course electives and the DH course sounded like the perfect fit.
From Stale to Stellar: The Truth Behind How to Create an Engaging Scientific Webinar
For the rest of the year (and possibly longer) academic and scientific conferences are either going to be cancelled or virtual. Regardless of whether you find this exciting or dreadful, Dr. Echo Rivera is here to help you create and deliver an awesome webinar/virtual presentation.
Research about Academic Careers in the Covid Era
New research and observations about academic careers and the Covid pandemic.
How to embrace text analysis as a computational social scientist
In this guest blog, Alix Dumoulin and Regina Catipon cover how to embrace text analysis as a social scientist, the challenge cleaning text corpora brings in preprocessing, and introduce our upcoming tool, Texti, that will save researchers time.
Tips for Faculty Who Mentor Students Who are Working Professionals
Mentoring adult students? These tips might help!