Seeing and Hearing the Problem: Using Video in Qualitative Research
Look at the choices of video methods made by authors of four research articles.
Why use Microsoft Excel for Social Research Projects?
How can you use Excel in your data analysis? Charlotte Brookfield explains!
Analyzing Video Data: Qualitative
This collection of open-access articles includes qualitative examples of analysis strategies to use with multimedia video data.
Interview: Speech in the Machine: Generative AI’s Implications for Free Expression
The report from PEN America, Speech in the Machine: Generative AI’s Implications for Free Expression, connects dots that are important to academic writers: intellectual freedom, and protection of intellectual property. Summer Lopez, PEN’s Chief Program Officer for Free Expression agreed to talk about these issues and controversies.
Interview: Who Is Going to Make Money from Artificial Intelligence in Scholarly Communications?
This must-read article in The Scholarly Kitchen caught my attention: “Who Is Going to Make Money from Artificial Intelligence in Scholarly Communications?” See this thought-provoking interview with the author, Joseph Esposito.
Analyzing Visual Data
How do we understand and interpret visual or video data? See these open-access articles for ideas and examples.
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.
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 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!