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.

Dr. Ann Sloan Devlin, author of The Research Experience, discusses first steps in data analysis for quantitative studies.

Margaret Roller compiled collections of articles about qualitative data analysis into useful mini e-books available for open-access download.

Daniel Lobo shares four learnings from his unforgettable experience at SICSS-Howard/Mathematica 2022. 

Academic and intellectual freedom are essential for scholarly researchers and writers. What can we learn from past advocates, and what should we do to combat today’s threats?

UDC Assistant Professor, Andrea Adams, talks about their experience during SICSS-Howard/Mathematica 2022.

Learn about math skills that are essential for researchers.

Hear from the 2021 SICSS-Howard/Mathematica Excellence in Computational Social Science Research Fund awardees about how the funding helped their projects and their future plans. 

Want to use R for statistical analysis? These open-access resources might help!

In this roundtable discussion moderated by Janet Salmons, Research Community Manager for Sage Methodspace, Marc Spooner (Canada), Nicole Brown and Áine McAllister (UK), Natalia Reinoso Chavez (Colombia) and Consuelo Chapela (Mexico) discuss constraints on academic freedom and recommendations for researchers.

Dr. Linda Bloomberg explains ways to choose datacollection methods while aligning with the selected qualitative methodology.

Learn about R and find books about using this language and environment for statistical computing and graphics.

At SICSS-Howard/Mathematic 2022 two group projects and five individual projects received the Inaugural Excellence in Computational Social Science Research Award.

Why does identity matter in the methods classroom?

In this webinar, Virginia Braun and Victoria Clarke, the authors of award-winning textbook Thematic Analysis: A Practical Guide, explore good practices in reporting thematic analysis (TA) - particularly for the reflexive TA approach they have developed.

At SICSS-H/M 2022, Anthony Wutoh, Yahya Shaikh and Carter Clinton discussed how to bridge the diversity gap in biomedical research and the need for interdisciplinary collaboration.

Q3 of 2023 is dedicated to understanding how to analyze data. Look at the big picture in this introductory post.

What ethical research practices are needed in a time-pressured crisis - such as the pandemic we have so recently experienced? These are questions the PREPARED team is tackling. Watch the livestream of the recent meeting in Paris.

Rashun Miles discusses his experience returning to SICSS-Howard/Mathematica as an alumni and the larger need for restorative spaces for Black students in every university.

Q2 has come to a close. Find the entire set of posts about data collection and other important topics here.