How do researchers’ roles vary in different kinds of qualitative studies?
Categories: Creative Methods, Data Collection, Design, MentorSpace, Mixed, Multimodal, Qualitative, Research, Research Skills, Roles, Uncategorised
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2019 Hits: The International Journal of Qualitative Methods
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Categories: Journals, Mixed, Open Access, Qualitative, Uncategorised
Continue ReadingMaking Sense of The Knowledge Explosion with Knowledge Mapping
Two years ago, when Bernadette Wright and Steve Wallis were working on their book, Practical Mapping for Applied Research and Evaluation, they contributed this guest post to introduce a Knowledge Mapping approach. There has been a vast explosion in the number of academic publications – journals, articles, posts, and books of all kinds. So much […]
Categories: ACWRIMO, Evaluation, Mixed, Tools and Resources, Uncategorised, Visual Maps, Visuals, Writing
Continue ReadingSocial Scientists Connect with LinkedIn Data
Back in 2012, when LinkedIn was close to the 200 million users mark, a young but very computational (and quite resourceful) assistant professor, hustled through his contacts and somehow managed to get access to the trove of LinkedIn data. Prasanna Tambe—at the NYU Stern School of Business at the time—was not the first to use […]
Categories: Datasets, Mixed, Opportunities, SAGE Posts, Tools and Resources
Continue ReadingData Visualization in Qualitative Research
Learn about creative ways qualitative and mixed methods researchers use data visualization in these multidisciplinary open access books and articles.
Categories: Focus Series, Mixed, Qualitative, Students, Teaching, Uncategorised, Visual Maps, Visuals
Continue ReadingLearn from Research Cases: Coordinating a Mixed Methods Study
Five SAGE Research Cases were featured in a series of posts on the topic of collaboration. We used the selected cases to explore various ways researchers and academic writers work together. In a new series of posts we will go back to these cases and look at the research designs and approaches used to conduct each respective […]
Categories: Focus Series, Mixed, Research Cases, Research Skills, Teaching, Tools and Resources, Uncategorised
Continue ReadingBuilding a Social Network in the Field
Practical Considerations to Facilitate Data Collection Perhaps no other dimension of qualitative research work is associated with ambiguity, uncertainty, confusion, and complexity more than fieldwork. One way to regulate these issues—to support more predictable experiences in the course of a study—is to strengthen relationships associated with events in the field. On one side, faculty and […]
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Continue ReadingSelecting A Research Topic: Obstacles and Solutions
Yvonne N. Bui’s How to Write a Master’s Thesis is a step-by-step guidebook that demystifies a process that can often prove to be overwhelming and confusing to graduate students. Here she highlights some obstacle and solutions to selecting a research topic.
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Continue ReadingComputation and Context Are Not a Zero-Sum Game
I recently got jazzed about two findings coming out of the world of computational social science, primarily because they hit so close to my home (hello, junior faculty feeling the pressure to produce): Dashun Wang looked at the career trajectories of 30,000 artists across multiple types of field: art, film, and science. He found that […]
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Continue ReadingStrategizing Data Access, Storage and Management
Once you have received information about and contacted prospective participants, your attention turns to how to deal with the confidential and personal information that you have on record. Specifically, you need to address questions about who has access to data, how you store data, and how you manage stored data files. As a general rule, […]
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