Methods Minute Newsletter January 2021
In January, our focus was on research questions and ways qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods researchers think about research questions.
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Register your interest to try a free module Our new Research Question online course by Dr. Zina O’Leary Dr. Zina O’Leary, and inspired by the Little Quick Fix book, launches in February. The course equips researchers with the skills and knowledge they need to form and articulate a clear and concise research question that’s relevant, interesting and fundamentally researchable. |
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Join our free webinar with Dr. Zina O’Leary Join our free introductory webinar at 10-11am PST on February 3rd to find out about SAGE Campus online learning and hear from Dr. Zina O’Leary on her new Research Question and Present Your Research online courses. |
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Internationally-recognized leader in research methodologies, Zina O’Leary, discusses the importance of choosing and adapting the right research question before delving into research too quickly. |
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Methods Minute Newsletter February 2021
We focused on methodologies, the why of research, and methods, the how of research throughout the month of February.
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Read the SAGE MethodSpace February series on methodologies We focused on methodologies, the why of research, and methods, the how of research throughout the month of February. The collaborative team behind Making Sense of Social Research Methodology: A Student and Practitioner Centered Approach helped us understand issues involved with the selection of the methodology and methods as part of the research design stage.
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MethodSpace Live Webinar: Research Ethics in Practice Plan ahead for the March focus on designing ethical studies by registering for our Research Ethics in Practice webinar. SAGE author Cheryl Poth will use two key questions from her book on research ethics to frame the conversation with Natalia Chavez, an innovative researcher from Bogota, Columbia. They will be sharing their unique view of ethics in practice.
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Looking at the ‘field’ through a Zoom lens: The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the academic community to re-think its approaches to research. This paper addresses methodological and epistemological questions posed by this shift in thinking through reflections on conducting online research during the beginning of the pandemic.
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Take a free module of our online course Research Design in Social Data Science teaches the rationale for using qualitative or quantitative research methods and the integrated or complementary nature between different methods in mixed methods research designs.
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Methods Minute Newsletter March 2021
SAGE author and Mentor-in-Residence, Dr. Cheryl Poth walks us through designing an ethical study.
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Research ethics is associated with the very foundations of research practice. From the premises and assumptions that precede the definition of the research problem, to the shape and form of publications, to the protection of participants seen or unseen, researchers face decisions that compel them to consider their own moral compass. This March, SAGE MethodSpace explored these questions in original posts, a webinar and video interviews, and more.
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SAGE Concept Grants: Applications open 29th March We are offering funding of up to £15,000 ($20,000) for innovative software solutions that support the adoption, development and application of established and emerging research methods in the social sciences. Get ready – applications open next week!
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Free Webinar: Respecting and Responding to the needs of Communities of Color in the Research Space This webinar is part of the Culturally Responsive Research Webinar Series presented by NVivo and SAGE Publications. Presenter, Rasheeta Chandler (Assistant Professor at Emory University’s NHWSON) will give strategies on implementation of culturally responsive research for communities of color.
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Online course: Gather Your Data Online This brand new online course helps you find and use online data that is ethically sound and appropriate to your study. It will help you develop a sampling strategy to recruit suitable research participants and take appropriate steps to establish credibility, build trust, and verify consent.
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Methods Minute Newsletter April 2021
Qualitative or quantitative methods that involve questioning, prompting, or working with participants to collect or generate data. Our Mentor-in-Residence for April was Dr. Zina O’Leary, author of SAGE’s new Doing Your Research Project textbook.
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April series on Collecting Data from Participants Our April focus included any qualitative or quantitative methods that involve questioning, prompting, or working with participants to collect or generate data. We kicked-off the series with an in-depth look at Informed Consent in Online Research with Participants. Our Mentor in Residence for April was Dr. Zina O’Leary, author SAGE’s new Doing Your Research Project textbook, and guest contributors included Dr. Katy Wheeler and Bethany Morgan Brett.
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May Webinar: A Conversation About Doing Research Online Register for our upcoming webinar by Professor Luke Sloan and Dr. Janet Salmons on Blurring the Boundaries: A Research Conversation about Doing Research Online. The webinar is on 25th May, 11am (NY time) / 4pm (London time).
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Practical Advice on Effective Data Collection In this video from our Market Research collection, David Gray offers tips on how to effectively collect the amount and quality of data you need from the right people.
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Interview with Janet Salmons on her new Gather Your Data Online course In this guest blog, Dr Janet Salmons, instructor and author of SAGE Campus’ new ‘Gather Your Data Online’ online course discusses why this topic is tricky to teach and who the course will most benefit.
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How Does Mode of Qualitative Data Collection Affect Data and Cost? The authors of this paper conducted a quasi-experimental study to explore whether data collection mode affects data content and data collection costs. Their findings offer empirical data for considerations of online versus in-person qualitative data collection.
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Little Quick Fix: Get Your Data From Experiments Author Helen Coleman offers guidance on doing experiments in this Little Quick Fix book to help students select the most appropriate experiment for their research, ensure their experiment is ethical and reproducible, minimise error and collect and record their data.
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Introduction to Intersectional Qualitative Research Esposito and Evans-Winters infuse their combined forty years of experience conducting and teaching intersectional qualitative research in this landmark book, the first of its kind to address intersectionality and qualitative research jointly for audiences new to both.
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Analyzing and Interpreting Qualitative Research: After the Interview By Charles Vanover, Paul Mihas and Johnny Saldana, this text provides comprehensive coverage of the key methods for analyzing, interpreting, and writing up qualitative research in a single volume, and drawing on the expertise of major names in the field.
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Methods Minute Newsletter May 2021
Our May focus was on different options researchers have when conducting a project using documents or datasets – whether directly interacting with participants or using Big Data. We explored these possibilities, while sorting extant data for online research into three categories; historical, contemporary and emergent.
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May series on Finding Data in Documents and Datasets Our May focus was on different options researchers have when conducting a project using documents or datasets – whether directly interacting with participants or using Big Data. We explored these possibilities, while sorting extant data for online research into three categories; historical, contemporary and emergent.
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100 Episodes of the Social Science Bites Podcast This month marks the 100th episode of Social Science Bites, a podcast series featuring interviews with the world’s leading social scientists. Tune in to hear from methods experts including David Spiegelhalter on Communicating Statistics, Gary King on Big Data Analysis, and Saskia Sassen on the concept of ‘before method’.
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An Introduction to Secondary Data Analysis In this video from our Research Methods Video collection, Dr Elbert Almazan will talk about secondary data analysis, presenting examples of tested and validated surveys.
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Benefits of taking Collecting Social Media Data Read a guest blog by Dr. James Allen-Robertson, instructor on our Collecting Social Media Data online course and Computational Social Scientists at the University of Essex. James discusses the benefits of taking his course to learn the essentials of collecting social media data and gain the skills to plan, gather and analyze social media data for your research.
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See Numbers in Data Course Coming Soon SAGE Campus is launching 9 new online courses this July, including data literacy courses on See Numbers in Data and Know Your Numbers. Join one of our free launch webinars at the link below and register your interest to try free modules of the courses when they launch.
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Applying Big Data visualization to detect trends in 30 years of performance reports This study presents a system for analysing unstructured Big Data using text analytics, machine learning, and data visualisation. The aim of the study is to reveal the unseen: supply a top-down analysis of repositories of documents and their interrelationships in a visual representation.
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Qualitative Evidence Synthesis: Where Are We at? Kate Flemming and Jane Noyes clarify in this paper what a “qualitative evidence synthesis” is and explores its role, purpose and development, bringing exemplars to support readers in making choices in approach to a synthesis and aid understanding.
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Little Quick Fix: Find the Theme in Your Data Author Robert Thomas offers guidance for students to explain the essential facts of qualitative data analysis process. This Little Quick Fix book gives confidence to understand what themes tells you and its importance in the larger context of the research project.
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Data Science for Business with R Jeffrey Saltz and Stanton brought together a text with the fundamentals on R for students on data science or business analytics degree programmes. No experience is required as the book follows a logical order illustrating running case and full integration of R and RStudio.
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Rich Search and Discovery for Research Datasets By Julia Lane, Ian Mulvany and Paco Nathan, this text highlights the opportunities to conduct advanced social research due to the fast growth in technology, exploring and demonstrating how automation and machine learning create a new generation of tools to identify datasets used in social research.
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Methods Minute Newsletter June 2021
In June’s Methods Minute we focused on researcher interviews, open-access and library resources about qualitative and quantitative methods for collecting data online.
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Visit the book webpages above to read free chapters or request a review copy! |
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Methods Minute Newsletter July 2021
This month’s series on has resources on the topics of analyzing words, images, media, numbers, and large datasets.
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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. |
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Visit the book webpages above to read free chapters or request a review copy! |
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Methods Minute Newsletter August 2021
Including a video interview with our August Mentors-in-Residence and authors of SAGE’s new book, Analyzing and Interpreting Qualitative Research: After the interview.
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SAGE has awarded a £15,000 Concept Grant to Empirica, a customizable virtual lab platform for conducting human-participant experiments. In addition, five other software tools that will benefit the social and behavioral sciences were awarded £2,000 each. |
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Meet our August Mentors in a video interview where they discuss what is unique about data analysis in qualitative studies and share favorite chapters of their new book. |
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Visit the book webpages above to read free chapters or request a review copy! |
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Methods Minute September 2021
September posts explore ways to teach and guide researchers at the data analysis stage of the research journey.
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Meet our mentors in a video interview with Dr. Janet Salmons about their books: Using Microsoft Excel for Social Research, and Essential Maths Skills for Exploring Social Data. |
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Visit the book webpages above to read free chapters or request a review copy! |
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Methods Minute Newsletter October 2021
The last three months of the year are focused on reporting findings and sharing lessons learned.
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Meet our October Mentor-in-Residence, Felicity Becker, author of Boost your Employability, and co-author of Seven Steps to Career Success and Acing Online Assessment. During the month of October, Felicity will offer posts and resources that will help you align your efforts to present and publish your research with your career goals. In her blog post, she shares tips on getting ready for the next stage of your career. |
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Visit the book webpages above to read free chapters or request a review copy! |
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Methods Minute Newsletter November 2021
Exploring the one goal all academic writers have in common — making progress.
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Meet our November Mentor-in-Residence, Dr Maria Lahman, author of Writing & Representing Qualitative Research and Ethics in Social Science Research: Becoming Culturally Responsive. Maria teaches qualitative research methods and throughout the month will share ways to stay engaged with writing, serving as a guiding force in this effort as Mentor-in-Residence. Watch her interview with Janet Salmons and find out more about the series. |
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Visit the book webpages above to read free chapters or request a review copy! |
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SAGE Methods Minute December 2021
In the digital age, researchers need to go a step further to find new readers and achieve impact. Methodspace will show you how to create engaging visual messages that stand out amidst the information overload.
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Meet our December Mentors-in-Residence, Dr Tullio Rossi, founder and director of Animate Your Science, who will show how to create and use infographics, creative posters, and animation to share findings and elements of study, and Lydia Wysocki, of Applied Comics, etc. who will discuss using comics as both research methodology and research communication. Join us this month for video interviews, guest posts, and links to resources you can use. |
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The overarching focus for 2022 is on research relevance. In these changing times, what problems should we study? Why and with whom? With what methodologies and methods? With attention to what ethical issues? With what intentions for impact and change? Why is empirical research relevant in an era of disinformation and what are our responsibilities as researchers? In January we will begin by considering relevance in the context of journals. You will find interviews with editors and members of editorial boards, examples and suggestions so you can make or refine your own publication goals. Explore what’s coming up in 2022 on Methodspace. |
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Visit the book webpages above to read free chapters or request a review copy! |
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