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Synthesising qualitative research findings: what are they, where are they and what should I do with them?
Get PDFRuth Garside makes a presentation on synthesizing qualitative research findings and the different methods for qualitative evidence synthesi
Statistics Anxiety A Fairy Tale For Our Times?
No full textIt is typically assumed that social science students are anxious, confused or intimidated by numbers. However this is far more 'common wisdom' than anything that any robust empirical research has demonstrated. Professor John MacInnes from the University of Edinburgh has been reviewing the evidence and carrying out some preliminary research to see whether so-called 'stats anxiety' is something of a myth. After presenting early findings at the Research Methods Festival 2016, he recorded this interview with Chris Garrington for our Methods Podcast
Introduction to time use diaries
No full textHow we spend our time has long been of interest to researchers around the world. How we can most accurately capture that information is key and of particular interest to survey methodologists. A popular research method since the early 1960s has been the use of Time Use diaries, which have been used to provide new answers to pressing questions about changes in our work and home lives. It's a topic that Professor Jonathan Gershuny, Director of the Centre for Time Use Research at the University of Oxford knows a great deal about, having established the Multinational Time Use Study in the mid-1980s and worked with time use data for many years. Following a presentation by him and some of his research team at the ESRC Research Methods Festival 2016, he spoke to Chris Garrington for the Methods Podcast about Time Use diaries, how they work, what they tell us and how new technology is providing exciting new ways to clock how we spend our days
Can we trust the polls? Reflections on the 2015 Election Poll miss
No full textThe pre-election polls significantly under-estimated the size of the Conservative lead over Labor at the 2015 General Election, with nearly all the final polls calling the ‘horse race’ as a dead heat. The failure to predict the Conservative majority has led many commentators to question the value and robustness of polling methodology, with some even calling for polls to be banned in the final weeks preceding an election
Big data:bridging the qualitative/quantitative divide
No full textThis lecture explores the different meanings and uses of the term "big data". It considers the extent to which the digital revolution and the development of techniques to analyse large bodies of unstructured data are disrupting previous understandings of the differences between qualitative and quantitative approaches to research in the social sciences
The pedagogical of methodological learning
No full textCompetence in research methods needs to be acquired, maintained and further developed. The emphasis is moving toward creating researchers with transferable, advanced skills gained via ongoing training
Statistical disclosure control, basic concepts
No full textProfessor Elliot describes the statistical disclosure control, aimed at identifying the processes used to assess disclosure risk and control processes that are relevant to your data situation
Examples of automated zone design in practice
No full textThis video outlines the major UK statistical zones and associated data sets which have been created using automated zone design tools during the period 2001 to 2016 many of which are associated with the 2001 and 2011 censuses in England, Wales and Northern Ireland
Principles of automated zone design methods
No full textThis video introduces the principles of automated design methods, explaining the principles of zone design by iterative recombination of building block zones in order to optimise specific design criteria. The importance of the specific building block zones and the specification and measurement of zone design criteria are explained
