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July Spotlight: Analyzing Words, Pictures, and Numbers

This month’s series on MethodSpace had original posts from researchers, video interviews, research conversations, and library and open access resources – all on the topics of analyzing words, images, media, numbers, and large datasets.

July Mentors in Residence

Meet our Mentors in Residence, authors of the new books: How to Make Sense of Statistics and Photovoice for Social Justice: Visual Representation in Action with background and examples of their work.

Jean M Breny

Dr. Jean M Breny

 

Shannon McMorrow

Dr. Shannon McMorrow

 

Stephen Gorard

Dr. Stephen Gorard
 

Related online resources from SAGE

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An Introduction to Using Photographs in Research from SAGE Research Methods Video.

Watch our free video of Dr. Penny Tinkler discussing using photos in research and questions to consider if you’re thinking about using photos in research. Get 30-day free access to SAGE Research Methods.

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Accelerating Mixed Methods Research with Natural Language Processing of Big Text Data

This article will introduce natural language processing as an innovative technology to assist with the rapid mixed methods analysis of textual big data in times of catastrophic change. Available for free until 20th August.

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Know Your Numbers

Try a free module of the SAGE Campus online course by John MacInnes that teaches easy ways to nail basic numbers and how they underpin quantitative research.

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SAGE Texti: Free Tool for Cleaning and Pre-Processing Text Corpora

SAGE Texti is a new tool that saves time cleaning and pre-processing text for research. The free beta version enables you to build a workflow of cleaning transformations to use on a sample (or your own) txt or PDF file and download the clean text. Try it now.

 

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