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A Case for Teaching Methods

21st May 201821st May 2018 Janet Salmons

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SAGE Research Methods includes an extensive, multi-disciplinary collection of cases that illustrate how studies are conducted–warts and all. Unlike journal articles, research cases describe decision-making, and in-the-moment course corrections when the pristine research design encounters the muddy real world. Look on the home page for SAGE Research Methods to locate the cases. You can browse […]

Categories: MentorSpace, Mixed, Qualitative, Quantitative, Research, Students, Teaching, Tools and Resources

Tags: Inquiry Models, Janet Salmons, SAGE Research Methods Cases, SRMO

Figures and Publisher Guidelines

21st May 201820th May 2018 Janet Salmons

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Show what you mean by including figures in your article or book. This series of posts explores ways to think about and develop figures that will complement your academic writing. For figures, the number, format, size, use of color, placement in the text, are typically spelled out by the book or journal publisher. You will want to clarify […]

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Go figure!

15th May 201818th May 2018 Janet Salmons

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Figures– including diagrams, visual or geographic maps, graphs and other visualizations– can bring the narrative to life. As is the case with many things, good figures add meaning to the thesis or dissertation, article, chapter, book, while inadequate figures can seed confusion or distract from the text. In a presentation, diagrams can engage the audience […]

Categories: Books, Creativity, Dissemination, Getting published, Journals, Tools and Resources, Uncategorised, Visual Maps, Visuals, Writing

Tags: Data Visualization, Figures, Janet Salmons

Evaluating a Data Source

9th May 2018 Diana Aleman

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Collecting, analyzing, and reporting with data can be daunting. The person that 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 […]

Categories: Big Data, MentorSpace

Tags: Evaluating Data

Archived Webinar: A Social Science Perspective on Data Science

4th May 201815th May 2018 SAGE Publishing

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In this archived webinar, Claudia von Vacano and Geoff Bacon, both at the University of California, Berkeley D-Lab and both instructors for SAGE Campus’s “Introduction to Data Science for Social Scientists” course discuss why data science is important to the social sciences, and what social scientists add to this vibrant conversation in the webinar. This […]

Categories: Big Data, SAGE Posts, Video

Tags: D-Lab, Data Science, SAGE Campus

Gender Equality & Climate Change

3rd May 20187th May 2018 Janet Salmons

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MethodSpace is following and sharing news from the UN Bonn Climate Conference, now underway. We are particularly focused on the opportunities and implications for researchers and educators– and our students. To that end, we are interested in the upcoming launch of the Universities Network for Climate Change. This series of posts includes background information as well as live feeds from […]

Categories: Impact, Open Access, Research, Social Issues, Tools and Resources, Uncategorised

Tags: Environment, Gender, Janet Salmons

Learn more about the Sustainable Development Goals

2nd May 20182nd May 2018 Janet Salmons

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MethodSpace is following and sharing news from the Bonn Climate Conference, now underway. We are particularly focused on the opportunities and implications for researchers and educators– and our students. To that end, we are interested in the upcoming launch of the Universities Network for Climate Change. You are not alone if you have missed news on […]

Categories: Impact, Journals, Open Access, Research, Social Issues, Tools and Resources

Tags: Environment, Janet Salmons

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