This collection of open-access articles offers examples of creative thinking about methods selected for studies that engage Black participants.

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?

Despite the warnings of digital doomsayers, academic book publishing remains dominated by print. That said, reader behavior has changed and continues to evolve. This is particularly true of how readers discover and read books and chapters. Rather than visiting a library or bookshop in person, readers of scholarly books start their searches online. For publishers, ensuring that books are prominent and visible in such searches is essential to encourage readership and drive citations.

On International Women's Day, March 8, 2023 you can join us in updating the public profiles of scholars doing critical work at the Women in Social & Behavioral Science Wikipedia Edit-a-thon. Learn more and register!

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.

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.

A critical step in planning and designing research entails reviewing literature to situate it in a research tradition.

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.

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.

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.

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.

You have many options for disseminating your research. In today’s multifaceted digital world it is important to consider which options will work best to open doors to your desired academic or professional career, and how they fit together in a holistic publication strategy.

Find guidance about designing studies that use surveys to collect

Thinking about designing a survey research project? This post includes interviews with authors of two recent SAGE books about different aspects of survey research.

Case study methods are used by researchers in many disciplines. Here are some open-access articles about multimodal qualitative or mixed methods designs that include both qualitative and quantitative elements.

Case study methodology is both unique, and uniquely confusing. It is unique given one characteristic: case studies draw from more than one data source.

Banned Books Week is a launchpad for an ongoing focus on factors that precede book bans or curricular restrictions, and implications for researchers and academic writers.

What did we do on Methodspace in 2022? Find commentary and content for the year!

This collection of open-access journal articles offers different perspectives for using the arts across disciplines, in all phases of the research process. While some discuss creative ways to collect data, others look at ways to share findings.

To learn more about the varied ways to collect, elicit, or generate data with creative and visual methods, consult these sources.