Social Research with Qualitative Methods: New Titles from Sage
Are you looking for a new text for a course or a book to read about qualitative methods? See this list of recent Sage releases.
Social Research with Statistics: New Titles from Sage
Even if it isn’t the book you pack for a beach getaway, this is a good time to review new texts for future course instruction. You might also find materials that can introduce new approaches and enhance your research skills. Find new titles about quantitative methods (and a discount code.)
Leaders in Academia and Industry Inspire Next Generation of Computational Social Scientists
At SICSS-Howard/Mathematica 2022, Shawndra B. Hill, Karen Levy, Brandeis Marshall, and Kyla McMullen emphasized themes of technological determinism, bias, and privacy, and discussed connections to inclusion, equity, and diversity.
Intellectual freedom and higher education: Critique and resistance
We are featuring a special issue from the Qualitative Inquiry journal: “Higher Education in the Time of Trump and Beyond: Resistance and Critique”. In this post, find an interview with the editor, Dr. Marc Spooner, and open-access links to the articles.
Unstructured Interviews – A Conversational Iceberg
Learn about unstructured interviews in this post from Dr. Azher Hameed Qamar.
Howard University Provost Delivers Opening Plenary Address for SICSS-Howard/Mathematica 2022
The opening plenary of SICSS-Howard/Mathematica 2022 featured a fireside chat with Dr. Anthony K. Wutoh, the Provost of Howard University, and Dr. Amy Yeboah Quarkume, an Associate Professor of Africana Studies, to kick off the event.
LGBTQ+ Research: Ethics, Methods, and Experiences in the Field
In the 2nd quarter of 2023 the Methodspace focus is on ways to collect data. Since June is Pride Month, let’s look at experiences of LGBTQ+ researchers, and methodological and ethical dilemmas.
Studying LGBT+ Lived Experiences
For Pride Month 2023, learn respectful ways to study LGBTQ+ people and related issues.
Moving From Praxis To Power: Innovative Pre-Institute Marks The Return of SICSS-Howard/Mathematica
The first Summer Institute in Computational Social Science held at a Historically Black College or University, returns to Howard University for its two-day pre-institute, Praxis to Power for graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and beginning faculty who needed more time to practice computational methods.
Positionality and Data Collection
Learn about the implications of insider, outsider, or mixed positions, and the importance of transparency with your readers.
Collecting Data with Games
In our digital world, one way to engage with others is through games. Find a collection of examples of research uses for interactive games.
Collecting Data in Remote or Rural Communities
Researchers who want to collect data in rural communities face can face challenges. Residents might be spread out, with few locations to meet. They might also have their own cultural norms, which might include suspicious attitudes towards outsiders. This collection of open-access studies offers a wide range of successful methods for including residents from rural settings in your study.
What does it mean to “decolonize” research?
We can’t go back and change the past, but we can choose how we move forward. Find a collection of Methodspace posts, articles, webinar recordings and interviews.
Swahili Lexicon for Sentiment Analysis
The "Swahili Lexicon for Sentiment Analysis" project, funded by a Sage Concept Grant, aims to develop and test a Swahili Lexicon annotated by native Swahili speakers for text mining, particularly sentiment analysis.
Engaging with stakeholders: What can we learn from action researchers?
View the webinar and find a multidisciplinary collection of posts and videos from Alfredo Ortiz Aragón, Rosalind Beadle, Ernie Stringer and their colleagues.
Automated Video Analysis
Learn about a Sage Concept Grant winner: Automated Video Analysis software (or AUVANA for short) is an open-source annotation tool for social scientists whose research involves analyzing and annotating videos.
Using Secondary Data in Mixed Methods is More Straight-Forward Than You Think
Learn about using mixed methods with secondary data.
Creating a Culture of Inquiry in the Classroom
How can you create a culture of active learning and inquiry in your classroom?
Collaborative feminist research methods in practice
The goals for this collaborative feminist research project were to bring together scholars who had critical methodological lenses, focusing our study through a collaborative feminist methodological lens to explore and address gender-based inequities in higher education institutions. Find the open-access book and toolkit the co-authors created.
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.