Research Methodology (28)

1. Resources for Methods in Evaluation and Social Research
This page lists FREE resources for methods in evaluation and social research. The focus is on "how-to" do evaluation research and the methods used: surveys, focus groups, sampling, interviews, and other methods. Most of these links are to resources that can be read over the web. A few, like the GAO books, are for books that can be sent away for, for free (if you live in the US), as well as read over the web.

2. Text Analysis Info
Classification of text analysis software and commented list of links to language and content analysis methods by Harald Klein (founder of Intext): software description, text archives, mailing lists, conferences, news.

3. APA Style Essentials
Provides document guidelines and links to PDF documents illustrating key elements of APA style.

4. Applied Psychometric Society
Resource for professionals in psychometrics. Operated by Fordham University.

5. Article: Increasing the Validity of Adapted Tests
Hambleton & Patsula (1999) article providing guidelines for adapting tests for cross-cultural and international uses--includes the ITC's Test Adaptation Guidelines.

6. Bill Trochim's Center for Social Research Methods
Resources for applied social research and evaluation.

7. Centre for Applied Social Surveys' Question Bank
A store of professionally designed UK social survey questionnaires dealing with human behaviour, attitudes and living conditions. The resource is aimed primarily at social science researchers, secondary analysts and teachers of survey methods.

8. Design of Web Survey Questionnaires
Despite increased use of Web surveys, relatively little is known about standards for designing Web questionnaires. Since there is no help from an interviewer for the respondent taking a Web survey, the design of self-administered Web questionnaires is even more important in order to achieve high data quality. Question wording, form and graphic layout of the questionnaire are particularly important. This paper presents some basic experiments to address these issues: one vs. multiple-page design, use of logotypes, and survey topic.

9. Developmental Research
A problem oriented and interdisciplinary research methodology.

10. Econometric Links Econometrics Journal Home
A comprehensive and well-maintained link page all about econometrics.

11. Exploring Multi-Layered Representations in Research
A paper by Kathryn De Lawter, Adrienne Sosin, and Julie Mabey that describes a multi-layered qualitative action research methodology.

12. Guide to questionnaires and surveys
Categorized articles about problems in data collection and survey methodology.

13. Indigenous Knowledge
A handbook of ethnographic methods for international development projects. The guide features techniques for recording and using indigenous knowledge and presents case studies.

14. Introduction to the Scientific Method
An explanation on what the scientific method is and does. From Frank Wolfs, University of Rochester.

15. Library: ERIC/AE Research Design and Methods
Full-text, online library presented by ERIC/AE and focusing on literature related to research design and methods.

16. Master the concepts of questionnaires and survey design
The secrets of marketing researchers and pollsters revealed! Learn to design your own questionnaires and surveys.

17. Methods in Behavioral Research
A text for research methods courses in psychology.

18. PMetric Psychometric Software System
Shareware for designing, applying, developing, and evaulating psychometric scales. The software features a scale editor, reliability analysis, central results database and other features.

19. Reliability and Validity
Clear introduction to the nature and assessment of test reliability and validity.

20. Research Methods in Psychology
Notes and review tests covering non-experimental and experimental methods, plus guidelines on how to read about psychology in the popular press.

21. Research Methods
Tutorial on five research strategies: experiments, correlation, surveys, naturalistic observation and case studies.

22. ResearchIndex
Citation indexes of scientific literature. Generates statistics and allows browsing of the context of citations.

23. Scott's Research Library
Dr. Kerlin provides strategic research consulting and assistance for scholars, educators, and independent clients in the health, medical, education, management, and technology sectors. He also provides thesis and dissertation coaching and guidance for university graduate students throughout North America.

24. Survey Instruments in Information Systems
Provides researchers with actual survey instruments used in IS -- either in full text or via links to the appropriate citations.

25. Survey Research Center
Provides annotated links to many resources related to survey construction and execution.

26. Technologies and Representations
Scientific article evaluting qualitative data analysis in ethnographic work.

27. Web Survey Methodology
Online surveys, internet research, online market research, and other tesearch techniques.

28. Writing a Review Article
Guidelines and tips from Daryl Bem on how to write a review article that will be accessible to the widest possible audience.

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