Quantitative researchers, including those who work with Big Data, think creatively. This collection of open access articles might give you some food for thought about your own research.
Categories: Big Data, Creative Methods, Focus Series, Other
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Helen Kara wrote a book about creative methods, and continues to explore new approaches. I asked her to share some examples with MethodSpace readers.
Categories: Creative Methods, Focus Series, MethodSpace Live!, Multimodal, Other, Presentation, Visuals, and Creativity, Qualitative, Research, Webinars
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I coined the term “enacted” to describe emerging types of creative methods. Enacted approaches involve multiple interactions and a deep degree of collaboration that involves researcher(s) and one or more participants.
Categories: Creative Methods, Data Collection, Focus Series, Multimodal, Other, Presentation, Visuals, and Creativity, Qualitative
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will be a panelist for the upcoming webinar, where she will share an example of creative multimodal methods utilized in the Childhood Publics study. Join us and learn more about these truly creative approaches for studying sensitive topics with young participants.
Categories: Creative Methods, Focus Series, Multimodal, Other, Presentation, Visuals, and Creativity, Qualitative, Webinars
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Learn more about creative and arts-based methods with resources from this SAGE Research Methods Reading List.
Categories: Creative Methods, Focus Series, Multimodal, Presentation, Visuals, and Creativity
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Have you created a video or graphical abstract? Use the comment area or message me with a link to your example, and a few sentences about what you were trying to achieve.
Categories: Creative Methods, Dissemination, Focus Series, Other, Presentation, Visuals, and Creativity, Research, Writing and Editing
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I interviewed Commissioning Editor Alysha Owen to learn more about the visual approach being used in a new series of books. She discussed the strategy behind this series, as well as recommendations for researchers who are interested in proposing a new book.
Categories: Dissemination, Focus Series, Other, Presentation, Visuals, and Creativity, Publishing, Writing and Editing
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Dr. Tullio Rossi of Animate Your Science points out, visuals help us reach across disciplines and across academia-public divides to find new readers. Rossi advocates for graphical and video abstracts as a visual communication strategy. Dr. Rossi discussed ideas and examples in this interview.
Categories: Creative Methods, Dissemination, Focus Series, Other, Presentation, Visuals, and Creativity, Research, Writing and Editing
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What is a line graph? From news articles to math class, line graphs show up everywhere, so it’s important to understand them. A line graph is a data visualization type used to track how values change over time. They are particularly useful for tracking trends, which help us more quickly and easily determine when data […]
Categories: Presentation, Visuals, and Creativity, Quantitative
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Academia has a problem. Seven thousand papers are published every day and let’s face it; no one has the time to read abstract after abstract to find the research that they’re seeking.
Here’s where Graphical Abstracts come in. A graphical abstract is a visual summary of a written abstract, aiming to quickly and clearly convey the key message.
Categories: Creative Methods, Dissemination, Focus Series, Other, Presentation, Visuals, and Creativity, Research
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