Have you seen Dr. Gorard use card tricks to teach research methods? Watch this video!

Learn some important steps about using Quirkos software for qualitative data analysis.

Want to learn more about research with datasets? This curated collection of open-access articles can help you understand defining characteristics, and develop data literacy skills needed to work with large datasets and machine learning tools for managing Big Data sources.

Researchers need to dig deeply, think broadly, and use what they learn to create new paths for understanding and addressing problems. Find a variety of perspectives and open-access resources in this collection.

Learn about math skills that are essential for researchers.

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.

Listen to Suzanne Culshaw and Suzanne Albary discuss visual methods in research.

We are all busy. How can we find time to write? Maria Lahman, author of Writing and Representing Qualitative Research offers some suggestions.

Julie Reeves discusses some important points about internal and external collaborations in this interview and post.

Getting started with a new collaborative project? Think about approaches for working with others within a group, intra-group collaboration, or across groups, inter-group collaboration.

This posts discusses a explanatory sequential mixed methods study to examine the uni-directional nature of teaching western-based leadership courses, the associated knowledge transfer, and the cultural factors.

Explore researchers' roles and practices for developing trust in this collection of open access articles.

The steps you take to prepare for a videoconference presentation or meeting will make the difference between an engaging or a frustrating experience.

Using action research to understand Covid-19 experiences, a guest post by Hege Gravdahl Garelius.

Read this guest post about collaboration and action research by Melissa Parenti.

Find over 100 resources on evaluation: books, cases, and videos, on SAGE Research Methods.

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.

Summer Institute in Computational Social Science site sponsored by Howard University and Mathematica (SICSS-Howard/Mathematica) awards individuals and teams for the inaugural Excellence in Computational Social Science Research Fund as a unique and exclusive benefit offered to alumni of the site.

Methodspace contributors discuss career experience and offer tips.

Dr. Kara discusses the value of stories for research purposes.