Methods Minute Newsletter May 2022

May 25

May Spotlight: Evaluate Success: Real-World Research

In this month’s series, Methodspace will look at qualitative and quantitative methods for evaluation and how to develop relationships with gatekeepers.

May Mentors-in-Residence

This month we have two sets of co-authors as mentors. Michael Quinn Patton & Charmagne Campbell-Patton co-authors of the bestselling Utilization-Focused Evaluation and Gail Vallance Barrington & Beverly Triana-Tremain co-authors of Evaluation Time: A Practical Guide for Evaluation.

SAGE Concept Grants

Applications closing soon!

We are offering funding of up to £15,000 ($20,000) for innovative software solutions that support the adoption, development and application of established and emerging research methods in the social sciences. Get ready – applications open until June 05, 2022.

Upcoming webinars

Webinar Tutorial: "How to gamify cognitive tasks to increase participant engagement with Gorilla's Game Builder"

Speakers: Joe Evershed, Founder CEO Gorilla and Nick Hodges Founder CTO Gorilla

Date: May 25th 2022

Time: 4pm (BST)

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Introduction to Data Management: SAGE Campus New Online Course

Speakers: Dr. Alessandra Vigilante, Course Instructor and Senior Lecturer in Bioinformatics

Date: June 9th 2022

Time: 4pm (BST)

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Related online resources from SAGE

SAGE Campus Survey: How do you use digital content in teaching?
What digital resources do you use when teaching methods, and why? Are you using online courses, MOOCs, videos or something else entirely? Please fill in our short survey and help us develop even better digital resources to support your methods teaching.

Advantages and Limitations of Doing Data Collection Online
This case study explores how online semi-structured interviews enabled the successful acquisition of data from 43 participants based either in the UK or the Czech Republic during the national lockdown. Get 30-day free access to SAGE Research Methods.

Development of a ‘real-world’ logic model through testing the feasibility of a complex healthcare intervention: the challenge of reconciling scalability and context-sensitivity
Using a trial involving a complex healthcare intervention, the authors propose the development of 'real-world' logic models that are designed to help researchers strike a balance between context-sensitivity and scalability. (N.B. this article will be freed up from 9th May to 9th June).

New Courses on Data Literacy, Research Methods and Data Science
SAGE Campus is launching three courses on data management, statistics, and artificial intelligence, aimed at social science and digital humanities students. Browse our new courses for more information and sign up to try a free module.