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, Teaching, Tools and Resources, Uncategorised
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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 […]
Categories: MentorSpace, Mixed, Tools and Resources
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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.
Categories: MentorSpace, Mixed, Tools and Resources
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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 […]
Categories: Big Data, Editorial, Mixed
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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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Research for Social Good is a MethodSpace focus for October. We are delving into this broad topic with guest posts, interviews, and links to articles or instructional resources. This guest post by Dr. Brendon Fox describes research conducted with Dr. Jeff Bourgeois. Both are American expatriates who serve on the faculty at Fort Hays State University at SIAS […]
Categories: Mixed, Research, Research Skills, Social Issues, Students, Teaching, Tools and Resources, Uncategorised
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This post was originally part of a series to explore lessons learned from qualitative research articles published in 2017 SAGE journals. The article, “Bridging language barriers, bonding against immigrants: A visual case study of transnational network publics created by far-right activists in Europe,” exemplifies a creative approach to studying and revealing hidden perspectives on a […]
Categories: Focus Series, Methods Type, Mixed, Qualitative, Social Issues, Tools and Resources, Uncategorised, Visuals
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Throughout September, we talked about Focus Group Research through #MonthlyMethods on Twitter. We discussed the definition of focus groups, shared examples of what leading a focus group while working in a research agency looks like, looked at a case study on conducting focus groups with adolescents, clarified the uses for focus groups, and identified criticisms […]
Categories: MentorSpace, Mixed, Qualitative, SAGE Posts, Tools and Resources
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August’s #MonthlyMethods open resources were all about Informed Consent. Throughout August we discussed the meaning of informed consent, the importance of identities in the field as a researcher, answered 7 important questions about informed consent, and looked at an example of what happens when informed consent is not executed properly. While these resources were only […]
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Short on time but eager to learn more about the language of data and computational methods? Get your quick fix with these short courses from SAGE Campus.
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