SAGE Methods Minute January 2022

Mar 23

January Spotlight: Be Relevant in 2022!

In this month’s series, Methodspace will focus on Research<>Relevance. What critical problems merit study? Who decides? These overarching questions will guide original posts, interviews and webinars on a range of topics.

January Mentors-in-Residence

When we want to gain a larger view, we might venture into the literature of a new methodology or discipline. How do we understand new areas of scholarship? We need to be able to evaluate research. Our Mentors-in-Residence, Francis Dane, and Elliot Carhart, co-authors of a new edition of Evaluating Research: Methodology for People Who Need to Read Research will explore these questions and discuss how to evaluate research.

Francis Dane

Elliot Carhart

Related online resources from SAGE

How to Create Valid, Reliable and Actionable Metrics in the Fight Against COVID-19

Professor Michael A. Stoto, an epidemiologist, statistician, and public health policy analyst, discusses how to create valid, reliable, and actionable metrics in the fight against COVID-19, including strengths and weaknesses of data sources (toll-free link available until 31^st March). Get 30-day free access to SAGE Research Methods.

'Grey areas’: ethical challenges posed by social media-enabled recruitment and online data collection in cross-border, social science research

In this article, the authors reflect on their research experience and outline the existing ethical challenges posed by online and social-media-disseminated data collection, particularly in cross-border circumstances. (N.B. this article will be freed up from 14^th Jan-25^th Feb).

Where to Start With a Dissertation?

Rachel Crookes shares five skills needed to write a winning dissertation, adding to the launch of SAGE Campus four new online courses in research and critical reading and writing skills, all part of a new learner pathway on mastering a dissertation.

Making Qualitative Analysis Constant, Comparative and Collaborative

Join a session with Dr Daniel Turner, the founder and director of Quirkos, a qualitative data analysis software.
Date: February 22^nd 2022 | Time: 4-5pm (GMT)