Teaching Cultural Issues and Quantitative Methods
Discover a new open-access hub for instructional materials you can adapt for your (quantitative) research methods courses.
Spotlight: Spanish Academy of Management’s Business Research Quarterly
Learn about the multidisciplinary and research-focused business writings from a Spanish perspective in the open-access Business Research Quarterly.
Qualitative Research in the Asian Context
The co-editors of this important collection discuss research in an Asian context.
Independent Research and IRB Reviews
Many Methodspace researchers conduct independent research, or are in situations where they do not have access to an Institutional Review Board or other ethics review options. Working with a private agency is an option, as described in this guest post.
Q & A about mentors and mentoring
Answers to questions about mentoring posed during a webinar (and the recording too!)
Research Across Languages: Translating Data
Sometimes crossing cultural boundaries means collecting data from people who speak a language different from your own. This post includes an introduction and articles about translation of narrative data.
Methods and Culture: Hispanic Heritage Month
Find multidisciplinary historical and contemporary resources to use when researching Hispanic heritage.
Cross-culturalism and the Application of Leadership Education in Mainland China
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.
Culture and Research: Views from September’s Mentors in Residence
Interested in cultural issues for researchers in global settings? Watch an interview with Safary Wa-Mbaleka and a webinar panel with Arceli Rosario.
Social Statistics for a Culturally Diverse Society: Interview with the Authors
An interview with authors of Social Statistics for a Diverse Society, who discuss how to use statistical techniques to understand pressing social issues.
Culture and Research
Introducing the Methodspace focus for September 2022 on culture and research.
How do researchers foster trust?
Explore researchers' roles and practices for developing trust in this collection of open access articles.
Develop Your Voice as an Academic Writer
What is a “scholarly voice” and how do I develop it?
Academic Writing
Academic writing posts from the Methodspace archives. Join us for AcWriMo 2022 in November!
Make Sense to Your Reader with Improved Organization
Organize your writing so reviewers understand what you are saying.
Focus Group Methods for Research about Being Asian in America
The Pew Research Center conducted a far-reaching study about “Being Asian in America,” with 66 online focus groups in 18 languages. Find a documentary, recorded interviews, and details about the methodology in this post.
Ethical Issues and Consent in Research with Indigenous Peoples
This post offers research examples in open-access articles about ethical, respectful, research with Indigenous people and communities.
Women’s Equality Day
“Women’s Equality Day,” honors the August 26, 1920 passage of the US Constitutional Amendment allowing women to vote, the 1965 US Voting Rights Act that enabled Black women to vote, the 1928 UK Representation of the People Act that entitled everyone over the age of 21 to vote, and legislation for gender equality everywhere.
Addressing Scientific Misconduct
In this 2018 interview Dr. Benson Honig discusses ethical research conduct.