Interviews for data collection
Sometimes, the best advice is the simplest and most common sense. I think this Twitter thread is incredibly illuminating for those new to researcher interviewing. …
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Qualitative Design: Narrative, Phenomenological and Action Research
Although these hail from the field of psychology, there are useful perspectives and insightful information here that any discipline could adapt. Distinguished Researcher Interview #3: James Christopher Head interviews Ruthellen…
Scientist without a Lab
For many, especially given our science focus and expertise at Bradford, we are facing lab time vanishing. Thanks to Dr Zoe Ayres who has gotten us started with this resource,…
Doing Fieldwork in a Pandemic
Another highly useful resource, just read it this evening. It is a crowdsourced document and whilst I’ve provided a PDF, you should feel free to go and add to it…
Framework for Developing Research Questions
I greatly value and esteem this colleague’s work, so it is really worth a look. Although this is primarily aimed at lecturers, it is true that as everything is online…
To code or not to code in qual data analysis
Nick Hopwood’s latest post is a must-read for the qualitative methodologists among us. What I love about this harkens to the beginning of my doctoral research when someone who should’ve…
Mixed Methods Using SPSS & NVivo together
This is an interesting piece with a link to an instructional video. Definitely worth a look for anyone planning how to approach the management and organisation of their data and…
Doing Foucauldian Discourse Analysis
This is a worthwhile watch for anyone actively engaged in DA or who is thinking about using it as their analytical approach.
Formulating Research Questions
Anyone who is not working with hypotheses, will know the strain of fretting over whether you are asking the ‘right’ or the ‘best’ questions. If you are in the early…
Reviewing Literature – FREE online course for doctoral students
The MOOC has an upgrade option, but otherwise it’s free to doctoral researchers. Emily Purser & The FutureLearn team have collaborated to produce this online course. Here’s an extract that…