Models of Research Methods (and supporting information)

http://academic.evergreen.edu/curricular/ATPSMPA/researchmethodmodels.htm 21/08/08 06:52 AM WIB

Books, manuals and guides to research methods and evaluation http://gsociology.icaap.org/methods/books.htm

Resources for Research Methods and Evaluation, multiple sites to scroll through http://gsociology.icaap.org/methods/

Social Science Information System based at the University of Amsterdam http://www.sociosite.net/index.php

Large list of social science research resources, Scroll down to the list of resources starting with "Sociosite" http://dmoz.org/Science/Social_Sciences/Sociology/

Recommended Research Books on Methods http://research.mlanet.org/resbib.html

DocsCite (cite govt. documents using APA and MLA formats) http://www.asu.edu/lib/hayden/govdocs/docscite/docscite.htm

Graphics Tutorial: Click here to view power point presentation about graphics

A Method for Evaluating & Selecting Data Mining Software http://www.insight.nau.edu/downloads/hicss%20paper.pdf

Survey Research

Survey research method key definitions http://www2.chass.ncsu.edu/garson/PA765/survey.htm

Designing Public Opinion Surveys: Tutorial Click here to view powerpoint presentation

Pew Research Center: Information in the public interest http://pewresearch.org/

Survey Constructionhttp://www.apssa.uiuc.edu/content/conducting_surveys/conducting_surveys.html

University of Michigan Survey Research Center (sample projects) http://www.isr.umich.edu/src/projects.html

Why select the survey method? http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/survey.htm

Cooperative Institutional Research Program (surveys of Higher Education) http://www.gseis.ucla.edu/heri/freshman.html

Conducting Surveys http://www.managementhelp.org/commskls/surveys/surveys.htm

A Toolkit for Evaluating Public R&D Investment http://www.atp.nist.gov/eao/gcr03-857/chapt5.htm

Southern Opinion Research http://www.southernopinion.com/surveyresearch/surveyresearch.html

Georgia State Poll Phone Survey http://aysps.gsu.edu/srp/georgiastatepoll/index.htm

Annotated Survey Research Bibliography http://www.bettycjung.net/Surveys.htm

Professor's survey method opens 'windows of consciousness' http://www.researchmatters.harvard.edu/story.php?article_id=111

Comparing Probability and Nonprobability Survey Sample Surveys http://www.stanford.edu/group/siqss/research/survey_quality_project_files/AAPORPresentation2005.pdf

Focus Groups

Focus group method key definitions http://www2.chass.ncsu.edu/garson/PA765/focusgroups.htm

Focus Group Research in American Politics http://www.pollingreport.com/focus.htm

Capital Beltway Update: Beltway User Focus Groups http://www.nhtsa.gov/people/injury/aggressive/aggressive%20capital%20beltway/introduction.html

Veterans Benefits Administration--Refreshments for Focus Groups http://www.gao.gov/decisions/appro/304718.htm

The Use & Misuse of Focus Groups http://www.useit.com/papers/focusgroups.html

Conducting Focus Groups http://www.managementhelp.org/grp_skll/focusgrp/focusgrp.htm

Focus Groups Tips for Beginners http://www-tcall.tamu.edu/orp/orp1.htm

Types of Focus Groups http://www.focus-research.com/methods.htm

On-line Focus Group Software http://www.gmi-mr.com/net-mr/online-focus-groups.phtml

Case Studies

Case Studies in Science (really good site) http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/cases/teaching/teaching.html

Case Study Method Term Definitions http://www2.chass.ncsu.edu/garson/pa765/cases.htm

Basics of Developing Case Studies & Samples http://www.managementhelp.org/evaluatn/casestdy.htm

Case Study Texts http://www.misq.org/discovery/MISQD_isworld/case.htm

Introduction to Case Study http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/QR3-2/tellis1.html

Assessing Student Learning and Skills Using the Case Study Method http://www.cecc.com.au/programs/resource_manager/accounts/jnbit/Issue5Paper4.pdf

The Case Study as Research Method http://www.gslis.utexas.edu/%7Essoy/usesusers/l391d1b.htm

A Toolkit for Evaluating Public R&D Investment http://www.atp.nist.gov/eao/gcr03-857/chapt6.htm

Analysis of State Efforts to Mitigate Regulatory Burdens on Small Businesses http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/rs219tot.pdf

Research Design Tasks in Case Study Methods http://www.georgetown.edu/faculty/bennetta/RESDES.htm

Process Tracing in Case Study Research http://www.georgetown.edu/faculty/bennetta/PROTCG.htm

Case Study Methods and Research on the Democratic Peace http://www.georgetown.edu/faculty/bennetta/APSA97.htm

Content Analysis

Content analysis method key definitions http://www2.chass.ncsu.edu/garson/PA765/content.htm

A Media Performance Analysis of the Community-Wide Education and Information Service Initiative http://www.bee.net/panthony/research/ProspMeth3.html

Content Analysis: Annotated Bibliography http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/research/content/pop2f.cfm

Secondary Data Analysis

Secondary Analysis of the NESARC and NSPY Datasets http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DA-05-005.html

Unobtrusive research http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/unobtrus.htm

Grounded Theory Method

Grounded theory: a thumbnail sketch http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/gcm/ar/arp/grounded.html

The Creation of Theory: A Recent Application of the Grounded Theory Method http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/QR2-4/pandit.html

References on Grounded Theory http://www.qual.auckland.ac.nz/grndrefs.htm

Introduction to Grounded Theory http://www.analytictech.com/mb870/introtoGT.htm

Developing Grounded Theory: Qualitative Analysis for Hard-Nosed Researchers http://www.langrust.com/grounded.htm

Using Grounded Theory in Nursing (book order form) http://www.springerpub.com/prod.aspx?prod_id=14067

Grounded Theory Research Design ~ Royal Windsor Society of Nurse Researchers http://www.research-nurses.com/grounded_theory_research_design.html

Sororities at Kenyon:Grounded Theory http://www2.kenyon.edu/Depts/WMNS/Projects/Wmns331/Methods/gtheory.htm

The use of a co-operative student model of learner characteristics to configure a multimedia application http://homepages.feis.herts.ac.uk/~comqtb/Contents.htm

Scanning the business environment for information: a grounded theory approach http://informationr.net/ir/2-4/paper21.html

Proceedings of the 2004 Symposium on Grounded Theory and Grounded Action http://home.mindspring.com/~tagregory/id3.html

GROUNDED THEORY METHOD AND ACCOUNTING RESEARCH http://aweb.bham.ac.uk//EAA/eaa97/abstracts/LYE.HTM and http://aaahq.org/abo/reporter/summer95/siegel.htm

Ethnography

Ethnographic research method key definitions http://www2.chass.ncsu.edu/garson/pa765/ethno.htm

GIS and Human-centered Systems Design: Using Ethnographic Data Collection and Analysis Methods to Design a Utility Permitting Support System http://www.urisa.org/Journal/Vol15No2/Ellis.pdf

REFLECTIONS Ethnographic Content Analysis http://www.public.asu.edu/~atdla/ethnographiccontentanalysis.pdf

Prenatal Marijuana Exposure and Neonatal Outcomes in Jamaica: An Ethnographic Study http://www.druglibrary.org/schaffer/hemp/medical/can-babies.htm

Exploring the Future of the Digital Divide Through Ethnographic Furtures Research http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue7_11/mitchell/index.html

Getting the Seats of Your Pants Dirty: Strategies for Ethnographic Research on Virtual Communities http://jcmc.indiana.edu/vol3/issue1/paccagnella.html

Participatory Action Research

Not to be confused with participant observation http://www2.chass.ncsu.edu/garson/PA765/particip.htm

PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZING http://www.interweb-tech.com/nsmnet/docs/sohng.htm

Participatory Action Research: From Within and Beyond Prison Bars http://www.wnmu.org/gap/fine.htm

Responsible Research with Communities: Participatory Research in Primary Care http://napcrg.org/responsibleresearch.pdf

References on Action Research http://www.qual.auckland.ac.nz/action.htm

Advocacy Research

Community Toolbox (very useful site with examples and manuals) http://ctb.ku.edu/tools/tk/en/tools_tk_10.jsp

USA Freedom Corps and the President's Council on Service and Civic Participation http://www.usafreedomcorps.gov/about_usafc/newsroom/announcements_dynamic.asp?ID=1201

Mixed Mode

Toward a Public Lane on the Information Superhighway:

A Media Performance Analysis of the Community-Wide Education and Information Service Initiative

http://www.bee.net/panthony/research/ProspMeth2.html