Studying Research Methods by Examining Changing Research Strategies

1984 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 205 ◽  
Author(s):  
David B. Booth
Keyword(s):  
Research Methods ◽  
Research Strategies

The Provenance Problem: Research Methods and Ethics in the Age of WikiLeaks

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
CHRISTOPHER DARNTON
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
New Materials ◽  
Research Strategies ◽  
Trade Offs ◽  
Research Designs ◽  
Leading Journals

How should political scientists navigate the ethical and methodological quandaries associated with analyzing leaked classified documents and other nonconsensually acquired sources? Massive unauthorized disclosures may excite qualitative scholars with policy revelations and quantitative researchers with big-data suitability, but they are fraught with dilemmas that the discipline has yet to resolve. This paper critiques underspecified research designs and opaque references in the proliferation of scholarship with leaked materials, as well as incomplete and inconsistent guidance from leading journals. It identifies provenance as the primary concept for improved standards and reviews other disciplines’ approaches to this problem. It elaborates eight normative and evidentiary criteria for scholars by which to assess source legitimacy and four recommendations for balancing their trade-offs. Fundamentally, it contends that scholars need deeper reflection on source provenance and its consequences, more humility about whether to access new materials and what inferences to draw, and more transparency in citation and research strategies.

The Evolving Landscape of Research Methods in Library and Information Science

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Judith Mavodza
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Quantitative Methods ◽  
Information Science ◽  
Research Strategy ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Library And Information Science ◽  
Research Strategies ◽  
Qualitative Approaches ◽  
Research Questions

The library and information science (LIS) profession is influenced by multidisciplinary research strategies and techniques (research methods) that in themselves are also evolving. They represent established ways of approaching research questions (e.g., qualitative vs. quantitative methods). This chapter reviews the methods of research as expressed in literature, demonstrating how, where, and if they are inter-connected. Chu concludes that popularly used approaches include the theoretical approach, experiment, content analysis, bibliometrics, questionnaire, and interview. It appears that most empirical research articles in Chu's analysis employed a quantitative approach. Although the survey emerged as the most frequently used research strategy, there is evidence that the number and variety of research methods and methodologies have been increasing. There is also evidence that qualitative approaches are gaining increasing importance and have a role to play in LIS, while mixed methods have not yet gained enough recognition in LIS research.

scholarly journals Good Theories in Need of Better Data: Combining Clinical and Social Psychological Approaches to Study the Mechanisms Linking Relationships and Health

2021 ◽  
pp. 174569162110275
Author(s):  
Allison K. Farrell ◽  
Sarah C. E. Stanton ◽  
David A. Sbarra
Keyword(s):  
Behavior Change ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Intimate Relationships ◽  
Mechanistic Study ◽  
Experimental Therapeutics ◽  
Social Psychological ◽  
Research Strategies ◽  
Interpersonal Behaviors ◽  
Approaches To Study ◽  
Recursive Modeling

The study of intimate relationships and health is a fast-growing discipline with numerous well-developed theories, many of which outline specific interpersonal behaviors and psychological pathways that may give rise to good or poor health. In this article, we argue that the study of relationships and health can move toward interrogating these mechanisms with greater precision and detail, but doing so will require a shift in the nature of commonly used research methods in this area. Accordingly, we draw heavily on the science of behavior change and discuss six key methodologies that may galvanize the mechanistic study of relationships and health: dismantling studies, factorial studies, experimental therapeutics, experimental mediation research, multiple assessments, and recursive modeling. We provide empirical examples for each strategy and outline new ways in which a given approach may be used to study the mechanisms linking intimate relationships and health. We conclude by discussing the key challenges and limitations for using these research strategies as well as novel ideas about how to integrate this work into existing paradigms within the field.

From the eye-body to the embodied-eye. The use of images in performance-research strategies.

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (29) ◽  
pp. 1-17
Author(s):  
Wanda Balbé ◽  
Soledad Torres
Keyword(s):  
Research Methods ◽  
Feminist Movement ◽  
Research Strategies ◽  
Collaborative Strategies ◽  
Anthropological Research ◽  
Embodied Research ◽  
Performance Research

This article discusses the use of images in socio-anthropological research and their contribution to the development of performance-research methodological strategies. By bringing three research-creation collaborative experiences developed in different violent and/or traumatic socio-political contexts in Argentina (a video workshop conducted with indigenous toba-qom teachers, a video-dance in the ruins of Villa Epecuén and a performatic installation about the feminist movement NiUnaMenos) it reflects on different relationships between performance-camera-corporalities and explores the poetic-epistemological-political potential of the images to (re)present sensitive corporalities. In dialogue with other embodied research methods, the analysis suggests how the use of images in a cross-disciplinary approach can contribute to the development of participatory-collaborative strategies and enable a space for decolonizing our gaze(s) and micropolitical transformation.

scholarly journals Becoming Holistic Teachers and Learners: A Review of Teaching Qualitative Research: Strategies for Engaging Emerging Scholars

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Viviane Klen-Alves
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Doctoral Program ◽  
Holistic Approach ◽  
Qualitative Research Methods ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Research Strategies ◽  
Approach To Learning ◽  
Alternative Perspective

In this review I offer an alternative perspective on the book Teaching Qualitative Research: Strategies for Engaging Emerging Scholars by emphasizing how the authors propose a holistic approach to learning qualitative research. Departing from the point of view of an emerging scholar, this piece was written as I was transitioning from a doctoral program to the professional world, learning with the authors what it is to teach qualitative research methods while being socialized as a scholar in the doing of qualitative research.

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.

scholarly journals Using Qualitative Tools as Interventionist Research Strategies for Emancipation

2018 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 160940691879957 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alude Mahali ◽  
Sharlene Swartz
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Social Network ◽  
Qualitative Study ◽  
Black Students ◽  
South African ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Self Determination ◽  
Interactive Methods ◽  
Participatory Methods ◽  
Research Strategies

As much as South African struggles for freedom and transformation can be termed emancipatory, not all attempts to research and record them can be similarly described. This article documents the research methods employed in a qualitative study that followed 80, mostly Black students, over 5 years in order to document the struggles to succeed faced by students in South Africa. The study ultimately interrogated the centrality of race in the quest for education and emancipation with a view toward understanding what drives self-determination and success in universities. A central intention of the study was for it to be research as intervention through the use of conscious research methods that would contribute to developing agency and action among students. Each of the participatory methods chosen, it was hoped, would contribute toward helping students develop wider networks and self-reflectivity in a quest for success in university. The five interactive methods used included an annual in-depth participant interview, social network interviews with an array of peers and stakeholder, a Facebook weblog to which participations made written and photographic submissions, a written reflection at the end of the fifth year, and an autoethnographic documentary in which participation was optional. Each of these activities was designed to have outcomes which can be described to varying extents as participatory and/or emancipatory.

Orthodox strategies in the research of the Wissenschaft des Judentums

2011 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-79
Author(s):  
Asaf Yedidya
Keyword(s):  
Twentieth Century ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Scientific Research ◽  
The Other ◽  
Traditional Values ◽  
Research Strategies ◽  
The Past ◽  
The One ◽  
Wissenschaft Des Judentums

AbstractThis article deals with the attempts of Orthodox scholars, at the end of the nineteenth and the first third of the twentieth century, to create an Orthodox alternative to the Wissenschaft des Judentums (‘Science of Judaism’). On the one hand, those “experiments” clearly differed from their non-Orthodox equivalents, and on the other from the (un-researched) Orthodox historiography, which was created to serve as an alternative to existing Wissenschaft des Judentums investigations. The Orthodox scholars competed with the basic values and methods of research which challenged traditional concepts of the past, such as objectivity and historicism, and developed research strategies that allowed them to hold on to their two objectives at the same time, i.e. both scientific research methods and traditional values.

eGovernment Adoption Determinants From Citizens' Perspective

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gideon Mekonnen Jonathan ◽  
Lazar Rusu
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
Literature Review ◽  
Research Methods ◽  
Design Research ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Research Strategy ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Research Strategies ◽  
Collection Method

The lack of adoption of eGovernment by citizens has been cited to be one of the reasons for failures of most eGovernment initiatives. A systematic literature review was conducted to shade light on the current status of the research in this area with a focus on the research goals, research design, research strategies, scientific theories used and research methods. Major databases indexing reputable journals in information systems and e-government area were searched by using keywords to collect relevant articles for analysis. A total of 19 articles were identified which indicated that empirical studies with survey as research strategy and questionnaires as a data collection method dominates the publications list while the use of case studies as research strategy was found to be scarce. The review has also highlighted several limitations related to the choice of research methods and its implication on furthering the understanding of the research on this topic.

Make Research Methods an Integral Part of Your Clinical Practice

ASHA Leader ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 7 (21) ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julie Wambaugh ◽  
Barbara Bain
Keyword(s):  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Research Methods
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