Join us for a Twitter Chat to discuss ways to use these videos in your teaching, mentoring, or coaching. On April 26, simply log into Twitter and look for #SAGEMethodsChat. No registration is needed. If you miss the chat, you can look for that hashtag and access the discussion. We will meet at 4 pm […]
Categories: Careers, Getting published, MentorSpace, Research Skills, Students, Teaching, Uncategorised, Video
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Tomorrow we will have a lively open access conversation on Twitter. Perhaps you saw the note and wondered, what is a TwitterChat and how do you participate? A TwitterChat is a public exchange that takes place– no surprise– on Twitter. Anyone can join in and anyone can read the discussion. Log into Twitter. If you […]
Categories: Open Access, Social Issues, Students, Teaching, Tools and Resources, Tweetchat, Video
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Text mining refers to digital social research methods that involve the collection and analysis of unstructured textual data, generally from internet-based sources such as social media and digital archives. In the webinar presented below, Gabe Ignatow and Rada Mihalcea discuss the fundamentals of text mining for social scientists, covering topics including research design, research ethics, […]
Categories: MentorSpace, SAGE Posts, Video
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Researchers are drawn to the opportunities to study many aspects of contemporary life as represented on social media. The SAGE Handbook of Social Media Research Methods (2016) is a treasure trove of chapters on designing and conducting quantitative or qualitative research, analyzing and using data from social media. To celebrate #WorldBookDay you can access the SAGE […]
Categories: Methods Type, Mixed, Qualitative, Quantitative, Research, Tools and Resources, Uncategorised
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What better time to consider research purposes letters can fulfill? Barton and Hall (2000) observed that “letter writing is one of the most pervasive literate activities in human societies” (p. 1) They point to the importance of letterwriting as a phenomenon has been widespread globally and historically, as one of the earliest forms of writing. […]
Categories: Archival, Journals, Letters, MentorSpace, Research Skills, Tools and Resources, Uncategorised
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April is a good time to explore SAGE journals you may not have had a chance to read. Log in here to browse and download articles. (See this related post for search and navigation tips on the journal hub.) Celebrate Earth Day by renewing your interest in global climate issues and their social, cultural, political, and economic implications! You […]
Categories: Research, Social Issues, Students, Teaching, Uncategorised
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Collecting, analyzing, and reporting with data can be daunting. The person SAGE Publishing — the parent of MethodSpace — turns to when it has questions is Diana Aleman – editor extraordinaire for SAGE Stats and U.S. Political Stats. And now she is bringing her trials, tribulations, and expertise with data to you in a monthly […]
Categories: Big Data, MentorSpace
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“No matter what your research goal, all research proposals present three common elements,” says qualitative methodology professor Nathan Durdella in the video segment below. “These are the introduction, the background or literature review, and the approach or methodology.” Durdella is an associate professor at California State University Northridge where he teaches graduate-level courses in action […]
Categories: MentorSpace, Qualitative, SAGE Posts, Video
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Making data available for other researchers to find, use, reuse, and reproduce is fundamental to open science, and ultimately makes research more efficient and effective. Yet despite policies that encourage and require data sharing, researchers in the UK and US report lower percentages of data sharing than average.
Categories: Big Data, Research
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April is a good time to explore SAGE journals you may not have had a chance to read. Log in here to browse and download articles. (See this related post for search and navigation tips on the journal hub.) During this open-access month I will be highlighting some of my favorite SAGE journals. This post draws your attention to […]
Categories: Dissemination, Journals, Research, Uncategorised
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