Analytic Methods: How to Choose Ways of Analyzing Your Data
How do you ensure that your analytic strategy fits the qualitative methodology and methods selected for the study? Watch this recorded presentation and learn from the explanations offered by Dr. Linda Bloomberg and Dr. Janet Boberg.
Teaching Students Quants is Hard Enough and Now I Have to Do It on MS Teams!
Professor Julie Scott Jones discusses lessons learned from teaching quantitative research methods online.
Norman Denzin, 1941-2023: The Father Of Qualitative Research
Learn about the father of qualitative research, who passed away recently.
Qual Data Analysis with Software
Qualitative researchers often collect large quantities of data that can include visuals or media, audio files or notes from interviews, text or artifacts. Some rely on software to organize, manage, and code data. This use of technology is described as CAQDAS, Computer Assisted Qualitative Data AnalysiS. Find resources about how to use CAQDAS in this post.
Promoting social justice in qualitative research and empowering early career researchers
Experienced global researchers Safary Wa-Mbaleka and Anna Cohen Miller discuss social justice and qualitative research.
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
Critical and Creative Thinking in Research: Posts and Resources
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.
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.
Qualitative Data Analysis: Where to Start?
Need to brush up your skills, find a book for a course or a student? Here are some options from Sage for researchers who want to analyze qualitative data.
What math skills do researchers need?
Learn about math skills that are essential for researchers.
Data Collection Methods
Dr. Linda Bloomberg explains ways to choose datacollection methods while aligning with the selected qualitative methodology.
Who is in my classroom and why does it matter for teaching research methods?
Why does identity matter in the methods classroom?
Creating a Culture of Inquiry in the Classroom
How can you create a culture of active learning and inquiry in your classroom?
Action research for student teachers … not as neat a tidy as we might hope
Colin Forster and Rachel Eperjesi co-authors of the second edition of Action Research for Student Teachers offer tips for researchers who want to study children in classroom settings.
Using Inquiry Models to Learn How to Ask Questions
Ideas about active learning help students develop the questioning skills needed to be a researcher.
Teach Methods for Qualitative Data Collection
Looking for instructional materials you can use or adapt? These open-access and library resources can be used to learn new qualitative research skills, or to share with students.
Conducting Mixed Methods Research
Researchers who want to collect both qualitative and quantitative data with mixed methods will find this conversation of interest. Drs. Linda Bloomberg and Merle Werbeloff walk through the process of designing and conducting mixed methods studies.
Design Strategy: How to Choose a Qualitative Research Design
How do you decide which methodology fits your study? In this dialogue Linda Bloomberg and Janet Boberg explain the importance of a strategic approach to qualitative research design that stresses alignment with the purpose of the study.
More than a Month: Black History
As researchers, what do we need to know about Black history in order to design studies that will have a meaningful impact and improve pubic understanding?