Research Methods

Books

• Doing Criminological Research
• Understanding Criminological Research: A Guide to Data Analysis
• The SAGE Handbook of Criminological Research Methods

Cases

• The Police Engaging the Business Community: Using Survey Research to Examine Needs
• Script Analysis of Complex Criminal Activities: Investigating the Use of the Internet as a Facilitator for Offline Transit Crimes
• A Mixed-Methods Approach to Explore the Quality of Life and Experiences of Older Male Prisoners in HMPS

Datasets

• Multiple Regression and the British Crime Survey (2007-2008): Worry About Crime and Confidence in the Police 
• Narrative Analysis: Institutional Stories in Prisons 

Videos

• Researching Procedural Justice Using Survey Methods and Randomized Controlled Trials
• Qualitative Data Analysis: The “Stop it Now!” Project

Books

• The Essential Guide to Postgraduate Study
• Designing and Conducting Research in Education
• The SAGE Handbook of Educational Action Research 
• Educational Research: Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Approaches 

Cases

• Teachers, Reformed Policy, and Assessment: A Methodological Approach
• Using Evaluation and Participatory Action Research Methods to Develop an eLearning Resource

Datasets

• Analysing Online Text-Based Group Interviews: Exploring Learner Experience in a Virtual World 
• ANCOVA and the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study (1998): General Knowledge Performance in Kindergarten in the US

Videos

• Research Ethics: Loyola University Chicago
• Conducting Focus Groups with Adolescents

Books

• Single-Case Research Methods for the Behavioral and Health Sciences
• Research in Health Care Settings
• Qualitative and Mixed Methods in Public Health
• The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Methods in Health Research

Cases

• Using the Theory of Change to Support an Evaluation of a Health Promotion Intervention
• E-Survey as a Reliable Alternative for Scientific Research: An Emerging Methodology

Datasets

• Testing for Heteroscedasticity and the China Health and Nutrition Survey (2006): Blood Pressure and Age in China 

Videos

• Evaluating the National Exercise Referral Scheme Using Process Evaluation Methods
• David Heymann Discusses Epidemiology

Books

• Doing Your Undergraduate Project
• Archival Strategies and Techniques
• Interrupted Time Series Analysis

Cases

• Biographical Research: Methodological Insights
• Oral History Methodology
• Using Narrative Archival Data: Studying Food and Families in Hard Times

Videos

• How to Do a Literature Review
• Presenting and Using Data: The UK Data Archive
• Statistics in Everyday Life
• Steps in Planning and Conducting Research

Books

• Media Research Methods
• Communication Research Statistics
• The SAGE Sourcebook of Advanced Data Analysis Methods for Communication Research
• Analysis of Variance

Cases

• Quantitative and Qualitative Visual Content Analysis in the Study of Websites
• Using Keyword Search for Media Analysis

Datasets

• Cross-Tabulation and the News Coverage Index (2012): The Geographic Focus of TV News Stories
• Differences of Means T-test and the American National Election Study (2008): Internet Access and Political Talk 

Videos

• Analyzing COVID-19 Disinformation on Twitter Using Digital Methods

Books

• Doing Research in Political Science
• Doing Archival Research in Political Science 
• Doing Feminist Research in Political and Social Science 

Cases

• Researching the Politics of Everyday Life with Young People Using Creative Methods 
• Election Forecasting Using Integrated Method 
• Survey Design: Using Internet-Based Surveys for Hard-To-Reach Populations 

Datasets

• Analysing Focus Groups in Politics with Young People in Wales 
• Developing a Conceptual Model Using Inductive Analysis: The Voting Strategies of First-Time Voters 
• Learning About Simple Regression in Stata with Data from the Race Implicit Attitudes Test (2012) 
• Learn to Use the Difference of Means T-Test in SPSS with Data from the American National Election Study (2008) 

Videos

• Researching Presidential Activism Using Mixed Methods 
• Researching Inequality and Human Rights Using Quantitative Methods 
• Researching Public Attitudes to Personal Data Usage Using Twitter Surveys 

Books

• Understanding Research Methods and Statistics in Psychology
• Analysing Qualitative Data in Psychology
• Psychological Testing: A Practical Approach to Design and Evaluation
• Key Research & Study Skills in Psychology
• The SAGE Handbook of Quantitative Methods in Psychology

Cases

• Combining Diverse Methods in One Research Program: The Example of Social and Developmental Psychology

Datasets

• One-Way ANOVA and the Time-Sharing Experiments for the Social Sciences (2004): Mental Illness, Stigma and the Family 
• Learn About Multiple Regression in SPSS With Data From the Race Implicit Attitudes Test (2012)

Videos

• Mixed Methods: Exploring the Role of Emotions in Urban Behavior
• Measures of Variability: Range, Sum of Squares, Variance & Standard Deviation
• Researching Mall Customer Stress Levels Using Neuroscientific & Experimental Methods

Books

• Scientific Method in Encyclopedia of Research Design 
• The SAGE Handbook of Remote Sensing
• The SAGE Handbook of Spatial Analysis 

Cases

• Mixed-Methods Approaches to Understanding Climate Change Risks to Agrarian-Based Livelihoods 
• Multilevel Meta-Analysis: Effectiveness of Small-Group Learning Methods Compared to Lecture-Based Instruction in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics College Classrooms 

Datasets

• Interviewing Scientists: Accounting for Scientific Discovery 
• Learn About Time Series Plots in Stata with Data from the NOAA Global Climate at a Glance (1910-2015)
• Longitudinal Analysis of Group Interview Data: Tracking Public Understanding of Climate Change Over Time 

Videos

• Using Data Science for Tick Genome Assembly: Chan Zuckerberg Biohub 
• Ask a Researcher: Lingfei Wu on Networks and Computational Social Science 
• 24 Hours to Create a Bluetooth Sensor System for Location Tracking: hackNY Student Hackathon 

Books

• Qualitative Research in Sociology
• Researching Social Change
• Active Learning Exercises for Research Methods in Social Sciences
• Methods of Life Course Research: Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches
• Participatory Action Research
• Event History and Survival Analysis

Cases

• Researching Family Relationships in China: A Mixed-Methods Study
• The Qualitative Election Study of Britain: Qualitative Research Using Focus Groups

Datasets

• Longitudinal Analysis of Group Interview Data: Tracking Public Understanding of Climate Change Over Time

Videos

• Child of Our Time: Growing Up
• Objectivity and Subjectivity in Social Research
• Ethnographic Video: Filmmaking in Academia