Analyzing Aural and Sound Data
The baby crying next door. Chaotic street life that permeates the apartment. Music. The tone of voices in the interview recording. Whether intentional or not, sometimes important data can be heard. How do we analyze and interpret aural data? These open-access articles offer some examples.
Learn about Photovoice with Drs. Jean Breny and Shannon McMorrow
Learn about photovoice in this interview with Jean Breny, and Shannon McMorrow.
Confident assessment in research-oriented classes, Part 2
Tips on grading and marking to make it relevant and useful for students’ future research.
Confident assessment in research-oriented classes, Part 1
Tips on assessing a course to make it relevant and useful for students’ future research.
Creative ways to teach from Dr. Gorard
Have you seen Dr. Gorard use card tricks to teach research methods? Watch this video!
The five pitfalls of coding and labeling - and how to avoid them
Whether you call it ‘content analysis’, ‘textual data labeling’, ‘hand-coding’, or ‘tagging’, a lot more researchers and data science teams are starting up annotation projects these days. Learn how to avoid potential pitfalls.
Teaching and Learning Excel for Data Analysis
Don’t have funds for data analysis software? Use Excel! Learn how in this interview with Charlotte Brookfield.
Teaching data analysis? Practical resources for new researchers
What does it all mean? Analysis and interpretation of data are difficult practices to learn. These open-access articles from SAGE journals offer practical how-to steps for new researchers.
From codes to theory-building
Learn what to do when you are faced with next steps after coding qualitative data.
Dr. Stephen Gorard Helps You Understand Statistics
Listen to Dr. Stephen Gorard discuss his no-nonsense approach to statistics.
Analytic Methods: How to Choose Ways of Analyzing Your Data
How do you ensure that your analytic strategy fits the qualitative methodology and methods selected for the study? Watch this recorded presentation and learn from the explanations offered by Dr. Linda Bloomberg and Dr. Janet Boberg.
From Analysis to Interpretation in Qualitative Studies
Qualitative data analysis can only get you so far - then you need to make sense of what you have found. Find open-access examples and guidance in this curated collection of articles.
Digital Inequalities and the Online Researcher
Some of us feel that technology is everywhere, but that is not the case for everyone. Inequalities persist. What do these disparities mean for researchers?
Starting out with qualitative analysis software
Learn some important steps about using Quirkos software for qualitative data analysis.
Planning Tool for Qualitative Data Analysis and Interpretation
This hands-on post introduces a tool you can use in the analytic stage of a qualitative study.
How to Do Research and Get Published: New Webinar Series
Learn about the new webinar series and register now!
Systematically Coding Qualitative Data
View this video for a series of short presentations about coding in qualitative research.
Meet the Authors: Analyzing and Interpreting Qualitative Data
Charles Vanover, Paul Mihas, and Johnny Saldaña discuss their excellent book in this lively video interview.
How can you analyze online talk? Researchers demonstrate!
This interview was a show-and-tell about analyzing online talk.
What do researchers need to know about using datasets?
Want to learn more about research with datasets? This curated collection of open-access articles can help you understand defining characteristics, and develop data literacy skills needed to work with large datasets and machine learning tools for managing Big Data sources.