Bondy Valdovinos Kaye, co-researcher for “The impact of algorithmically driven recommendation systems on music consumption and production - a literature review,” offers insights about the literature review process.

What is the difference between a literature review and a state of the science review? See an article by Dr. Joan Dodgson.

Protection of vulnerable populations, or those who are vulnerable in particular situations, needs to begin with the first stage of the process: recruitment of participants.

Respondent-driven sampling (RDS) is a method for drawing probability samples of "hidden," or alternatively, hard-to-reach, populations. Find a description and examples.

In this post define basic terms associated with sampling for those new to research; in future posts we will go into more detail about the process of developing a sampling strategy, and the various approaches that can be used.

Researchers can pose questions, suggest prompts, and use tracking or location data on mobile devices. Because people carry smartphones with them, researchers are able to get an on-the-spot, in-the-moment type of response that would otherwise be difficult. Find an overview and a collection of open-access articles about diary methods using smartphone apps.

In this Methodspace interview Dr. Joel Thurston and Dr. Cesar Montalvo tell us about how data science can be used for social good, and how their program for young scholars is cultivating a next generation of data scientists.

Find a collection of Sage books about ethnographic methods.

We will explore a variety of options for data collection in Q2 of 2023. The term data collection makes it sounds easy. Like shells on the beach or wildflowers in a field, the data is out there, and as researchers all we have to do is collect it. In reality it is a careful, strategic, often collaborative effort.