What is the difference between a literature review and a state of the science review? See an article by Dr. Joan Dodgson.

Protection of vulnerable populations, or those who are vulnerable in particular situations, needs to begin with the first stage of the process: recruitment of participants.

Respondent-driven sampling (RDS) is a method for drawing probability samples of "hidden," or alternatively, hard-to-reach, populations. Find a description and examples.

In this post define basic terms associated with sampling for those new to research; in future posts we will go into more detail about the process of developing a sampling strategy, and the various approaches that can be used.

Researchers can pose questions, suggest prompts, and use tracking or location data on mobile devices. Because people carry smartphones with them, researchers are able to get an on-the-spot, in-the-moment type of response that would otherwise be difficult. Find an overview and a collection of open-access articles about diary methods using smartphone apps.

Hear Dr. Kozinets discuss the origins and development of Netnography in this interview. See the whole series of posts from Kozinets about collecting data for studies using netnography.

In this Methodspace interview Dr. Joel Thurston and Dr. Cesar Montalvo tell us about how data science can be used for social good, and how their program for young scholars is cultivating a next generation of data scientists.

Find a collection of Sage books about ethnographic methods.

We will explore a variety of options for data collection in Q2 of 2023. The term data collection makes it sounds easy. Like shells on the beach or wildflowers in a field, the data is out there, and as researchers all we have to do is collect it. In reality it is a careful, strategic, often collaborative effort.

In this interview David Antons and Oliver Salge discuss the roles humans and machines can take to plan and conduct computational literature reviews.

In this interview Dr. Marc Anderson explains how and why to use citation context analysis to track impact of scholarly publications over time.

Ethnography is a widely used qualitative methodology, growing from roots in anthropology to acceptance in a wide range of disciplines.

For researchers interested in incorporating equity into their work, it all starts at the very beginning with designing the study. Learn more in this guest post!

In this Sage Methodspace webinar Dr. Matti Nelimarkka and Dr. Friedolin Merhout discuss strategies for engaging with students and building the skills needed to design, plan, and conduct studies using computational social science methods

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.

Dr. Brian Fox explains why systematicity is important in literature reviews.

In the article “Theorizing Through Literature Reviews: The Miner-Prospector Continuum” Dermot Breslin and Caroline Gatrell pose an intriguing question: do you approach the literature review as a miner or as a prospector? They discuss options in an interview.

What are narrative methods? In this post find a description, and a collection of books and open-access exemplars that use qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods approaches.

How do decide what literature you need for a review? See this post featuring an interview Martin Hiebl and related open-access article about sample selection.

Garima Sharma and Pratima (Tima) Bansal discuss ways to engage with managers, professionals, or practitioners to learn from the literature using a systematic review process.