scholarly journals Students’ Conceptions—and Misconceptions—of Social Research

2009 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 5-25
Author(s):  
Barbara Kawulich ◽  
Mark W. J. Garner ◽  
Claire Wagner
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Research Programme ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Pedagogical Decisions ◽  
End Products ◽  
Conducting Research

How knowledge of students’ conceptions of social research can influence the pedagogy of research methods is the focus of this article. This study explains how students’ conceptions of social research changed over the course of a two-semester research programme. Twenty-nine graduate students participated in focus groups, interviews, and open-ended surveys to inform the instructor’s pedagogical decisions in developing the course. Data were analyzed phenomenographically, and the categories that were identified defined changes in their conceptions of research related to affect and attitudes, the processes involved with conducting research, and the end products of their research projects. Pedagogical inferences were derived from the findings, and implications for future research were outlined.

scholarly journals The Application of Social Survey Methods in Analysing the Tourist Activity of Seniors

2015 ◽  
Vol 27 (27) ◽  
pp. 51-65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zbigniew Głąbiński
Keyword(s):  
Research Methods ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Survey Methods ◽  
Final Part ◽  
Social Survey ◽  
Tourism Activity ◽  
Conducting Research

Abstract The aim of the article is to discuss the possibilities of applying social research methods in the analysis of seniors' tourism activity. It emphasises the fact that research related to the participation of seniors in tourism is of major signifi-cance in many countries with rapidly changing population. The author mentions the methodological determinants of conducting social research that derive from two basic paradigms: quantitative and qualitative. Based on examples from the literature, the article presents the benefits and limitations of their use in conducting research on seniors' tourism activity. In the final part of the article, the author lists the methodological postulates regarding the implementation of the research among seniors as a specific segment of tourism activity.

scholarly journals The practical wisdom of inclusive research

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 278-288 ◽  
Author(s):  
Melanie Nind
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Focus Groups ◽  
Lived Experience ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Research Collaboration ◽  
Practical Wisdom ◽  
Ways Of Knowing ◽  
Research Projects

The concept of inclusive research epitomizes the transformation away from research on people, to research with them. Applied particularly, but not exclusively, in the field of learning disabilities, the concept encapsulates the drive to involve people in the design and conduct of research about them, reach and represent their lived experience, respect them and value different ways of knowing. This article discusses some of the challenges that UK inclusive researchers have shared in focus groups aimed at taking stock of this transformative movement and it shares how a local UK research collaboration between academics and people with learning disabilities has addressed some of these challenges. Inclusive research methods of generating and analysing data are examined within the broader context of how research projects and partnerships are enacted. The article concludes that doing research inclusively is gradually transforming through collective practical wisdom and praxis.

The “Intimidating” Archives: Teaching Graduate Students Historical Research Methods

Collections ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 225-241
Author(s):  
Margot Note
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Graduate Program ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Research Strategies ◽  
Professional Literature ◽  
Small College ◽  
Conducting Research ◽  
K 12 ◽  
First Time

This article discusses approaches I used to teach “Research Methods,” an archival-based course for a history graduate program at a small college. The instruction included baseline research strategies for students new to the humanities as well as advanced methodologies for experienced researchers, with attention given to archival research techniques. Most professional literature focuses on teaching archival literacy aimed at K-12 students or undergraduates; this article explores the distinct research and instruction needs of graduate students. It examines how graduate students perceive the research process, what difficulties they encounter while conducting research, and what impact attending the course could have on their long-term research procedures. While teaching the course, I discovered that students viewed archives as intimidating. By acknowledging that new users can feel daunted by researching archival collections, instructors and archivists can consider how to make the archives more welcoming to first-time visitors.

Continuity through change: State social research and sociology in Portugal

2020 ◽  
pp. 095269512092209
Author(s):  
Frederico Ágoas
Keyword(s):  
Research Methods ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Research Programme ◽  
Historical Sociology ◽  
Sociological Research ◽  
Industrial Workers ◽  
Theoretical Approaches ◽  
The Social ◽  
Change State ◽  
The One

This article examines the development of empirical social research in Portugal over about a century and its relation to the early institutionalization of sociology at the tail end of that period. Relying on new empirical data, coupled with a critical reading of the main sources on the topic, it brings to light some epistemic invariants in a disparate body of research, acknowledging the initial persistence of Le Play-inspired as well as properly Le Playsian research methods. Furthermore, it identifies the general continuation of a substantial concern with the (physical and then moral) condition of rural and industrial workers, leading to a disclosure of the political-economic and governmental roots of the social research in question. From a historical sociology perspective, the article explores the relation between state governmentalization and authoritarian rule, on the one hand, and the development of the social sciences, on the other. From a history of science perspective, it acknowledges the continuous use of the same research methods to carry out seemingly incommensurable social research programmes and the later pursuit of a properly sociological research programme that fell back on conflicting methodological and theoretical approaches. In broader terms, the article aims to put forward a historical sociology of theoretical approaches, research methods, and scientific concepts that will hopefully contribute to a clearer understanding of their respective fields of application.

scholarly journals Turning on the tap: the benefits of using ‘real-life’ vignettes in qualitative research interviews

2019 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-72 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen Sampson ◽  
Idar Alfred Johannessen
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Research Design ◽  
Real Life ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Potential Contribution ◽  
Research Projects ◽  
Social Scientists ◽  
Research Interviews

The use of vignettes that are based upon fictionalised accounts is well-established in contemporary social science. Vignettes have been used in a variety of ways to contribute to studies with both a quantitative and a qualitative orientation. This paper reflects on two recent qualitative studies which have made innovative use of ‘real-life’ vignettes. In each case, the paper describes some of the unanticipated and overlapping benefits that accrued from their incorporation into the research design and reflects on the advantages that ‘real-life’ vignettes might bring to future research. Drawing on two different research projects, the paper highlights the further potential contribution of ‘real-life’ vignettes to the repertoire of research methods currently available to social scientists.

scholarly journals Understanding The Negative Graduate Student Perceptions Of Required Statistics And Research Methods Courses: Implications For Programs And Faculty

2007 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles Coleman ◽  
Cynthia Conrad
Keyword(s):  
Graduate Students ◽  
Social Science ◽  
Student Perceptions ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Graduate Programs ◽  
Methods Courses ◽  
General Sense ◽  
Negative Attitudes ◽  
Mathematics Skills

The authors of this study endeavor to explore the negative opinions and perceptions of graduate students in business and social science programs, regarding their required statistics and research methods courses. The general sense of instructors of such courses is that students dread and resent having to take courses dealing with statistics and social research because they are both intellectually demanding and require students to call on mathematics skills. Students also seem to put a low value on such courses in terms of application to their own careers.  Clearly, the above-mentioned perceptions derive from intuitive knowledge and anecdotal statements by students. The authors of this study devised a research design to test the validity of the perceptions of negative attitudes among students in their graduate programs and to gain some understanding of the basis of the negativity.

Music industry research: Where now? Where next? Notes from Britain

Popular Music ◽  
2000 ◽  
Vol 19 (3) ◽  
pp. 387-393 ◽  
Author(s):  
Simon Frith
Keyword(s):  
Social Research ◽  
Music Industry ◽  
Research Programme ◽  
Media Culture ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Media Economics ◽  
Global Media ◽  
Industry Research ◽  
Media Markets ◽  
Research Situation

From 1995–2000 I was Director of the Economic and Social Research Council's research programme on Media Economics and Media Culture. One of my tasks was to organise meetings of researchers in the field and to this end I ran a series of seminars at the British Phonographic Institute for people studying the music industry. These seminars were thematic, covering music industry strategies in global media markets; methods for measuring the value of the music industry; the uses of music; and musicians. A final meeting, held in the then about-to-be-opened National Centre for Popular Music in Sheffield on 16 February 1999, brought together nearly all the UK's academic music industry researchers to discuss future research in the light of the MEMC Programme's findings. What follows is a report from both MEMC research and the Sheffield meeting. The aim is to provide an overview of the current research situation in Britain.

Participant recruitment and data collection through Facebook: the role of personality factors

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sean Chandler Rife ◽  
Kelly L. Cate ◽  
Michal Kosinski ◽  
David Stillwell
Keyword(s):  
Data Collection ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Personality Factors ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Data Sets ◽  
Social Networking Service ◽  
Participant Recruitment ◽  
Conducting Research ◽  
Promising Avenue

As participant recruitment and data collection over the Internet have become more common, numerous observers have expressed concern regarding the validity of research conducted in this fashion. One growing method of conducting research over the Internet involves recruiting participants and administering questionnaires over Facebook, the world’s largest social networking service. If Facebook is to be considered a viable platform for social research, it is necessary to demonstrate that Facebook users are sufficiently heterogeneous and that research conducted through Facebook is likely to produce results that can be generalized to a larger population. The present study examines these questions by comparing demographic and personality data collected over Facebook with data collected through a standalone website, and data collected from college undergraduates at two universities. Results indicate that statistically significant differences exist between Facebook data and the comparison data-sets, but since 80% of analyses exhibited partial η2 < .05, such differences are small or practically nonsignificant in magnitude. We conclude that Facebook is a viable research platform, and that recruiting Facebook users for research purposes is a promising avenue that offers numerous advantages over traditional samples.

A Literature Review of “ Parenting Styles and Emotional Intelligence of X Class Students”

2017 ◽  
Vol 4 (36) ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Bhavani ◽  
T. G. Amuthavally
Keyword(s):  
Emotional Intelligence ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Parenting Styles ◽  
Research Programme ◽  
Research Process ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Review Of Literature ◽  
Related Literature

The research for the review of literature is one of the first and foremost important steps in the research process. The search for related literature is a time consuming but fruitful phase of any research programme. In this article, the researcher was made an attempt to present findings from the collected related literature on parenting styles and emotional intelligence of adolescents. The main motto behind this article is to review of related literature from 1990 to till date. The paper also summarizes the findings of the studies on Emotional Intelligence and Parenting Styles giving a direction for future research.

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