Qualitative Data Analysis: Where to Start?
Need to brush up your skills, find a book for a course or a student? Here are some options from Sage for researchers who want to analyze qualitative data.
What math skills do researchers need?
Learn about math skills that are essential for researchers.
Data Collection Methods
Dr. Linda Bloomberg explains ways to choose datacollection methods while aligning with the selected qualitative methodology.
Who is in my classroom and why does it matter for teaching research methods?
Why does identity matter in the methods classroom?
Creating a Culture of Inquiry in the Classroom
How can you create a culture of active learning and inquiry in your classroom?
Action research for student teachers … not as neat a tidy as we might hope
Colin Forster and Rachel Eperjesi co-authors of the second edition of Action Research for Student Teachers offer tips for researchers who want to study children in classroom settings.
Using Inquiry Models to Learn How to Ask Questions
Ideas about active learning help students develop the questioning skills needed to be a researcher.
Teach Methods for Qualitative Data Collection
Looking for instructional materials you can use or adapt? These open-access and library resources can be used to learn new qualitative research skills, or to share with students.
Conducting Mixed Methods Research
Researchers who want to collect both qualitative and quantitative data with mixed methods will find this conversation of interest. Drs. Linda Bloomberg and Merle Werbeloff walk through the process of designing and conducting mixed methods studies.
Design Strategy: How to Choose a Qualitative Research Design
How do you decide which methodology fits your study? In this dialogue Linda Bloomberg and Janet Boberg explain the importance of a strategic approach to qualitative research design that stresses alignment with the purpose of the study.
More than a Month: Black History
As researchers, what do we need to know about Black history in order to design studies that will have a meaningful impact and improve pubic understanding?
Methods and the Literature Review
A critical step in planning and designing research entails reviewing literature to situate it in a research tradition.
Building Quantitative Skills in Postsecondary Social Sciences Courses
Download the free report from the project, “Fostering Data Literacy: Teaching with Quantitative Data in the Social Sciences.” This report explores two key challenges to teaching with data: helping students overcome anxieties about math and synchronizing the interconnected methodological, software, and analytic competencies.
Fair Elections and Democracy: Research about Voting
This post, with links to open-access research articles, seems particularly relevant when the USA is in the midst of a tight mid-term election.
Inspiring Collaboration
Julie Reeves discusses some important points about internal and external collaborations in this interview and post.
Using Universal Design for Learning to Foster Inclusive Student Collaboration
Dr. Majbritt Lyck-Bowen offers suggestions for collaborative research assignments that include everyone in an online class.
Indigenous and Intercultural Research: Issues, Ethics, and Methods
Interested in Indigenous methods? Find the webinar recording and related resources in this post.
Teaching Cultural Issues and Quantitative Methods
Discover a new open-access hub for instructional materials you can adapt for your (quantitative) research methods courses.
Q & A about mentors and mentoring
Answers to questions about mentoring posed during a webinar (and the recording too!)