e-learning videos related to research methods

 e-learning videos related to research methods 

Research methods	Videos to study
1.    Interview research	Video 1a Video 1b. What is an interview? Video 2a: semi structured interview. Also study types of qualitative interviewing and questions for semi-structured interviews. Video 2b: unstructured interview. Video 2c: how-to guide on qualitative interviews and how to conduct a research interview. Video 2d: how to develop an interview guide. Video 2e: a lecture on preparation for a research interview. Video 2f: qualitative analysis of interview data. Video 3a: Interview research might make use of narrative inquiry [a vide on narrative inquiry research]. Video 3b: on narrative interview research. Video 3c. Narrative research design. Video 3d: on in-depth interviews. Video 4: tips for online interviewing. Video 5a: formulating questions for qualitative interviewing. Video 5b: conducting [qualitative] interviews. Video 5c: Things to do after the qualitative interviews. Video 6a: qualitative interviewing: best practices. Video 6b: 6 tips for conducting semi-structured interviews.; also 5 tips for semi-structured interviews. Video 7: visions on interviewing. Video 8: interviewer behaviour. Video 9: probing in interview research.; also on probing tactics and rapport in interviewing. Video 10: how to analyze qualitative data for a semi-structured interview. Video 11: analyzing depth interview findings.
2.    Focus group	Video 1 (a lecture). Video 2 (a lecture). Video 3a: the process of conducting focus groups. (especially note the topics of [i] "introduction and first steps" and [ii] "moderators and location"). Video 3b: how to run a focus group. Video 3c: Focus Group: Participants & Questions Video 4 (conducting virtual focus group) Video 5a: tips for running online focus group. Video 5b: tips for online focus group.
3.    Survey research	Video 1 Video 2: questionnaire survey research. Video 3a: questionnaire design. (another one on questionnaire design - part 1; part 2; part 3). Video 3b: how to design a questionnaire. [basics] Video 4a: tips for questionnaire survey research. Video 4b: writing survey questions. Video 4c: Basics of designing a survey. [with illustrative examples] Video 4d: key issues when designing research questionnaire. Video 5: survey research design. Video 6: research strategy: survey (a briefing). Video 7: survey design and analysis. ** slideshare on survey research.
4.    Observational research	Video 1a Video 1b: what is observational research (marketing). Video 1c:  participant observation and structured observation: a briefing. From participant observation, one could consider to consider autoethnography, as a more specific form of participant observation. Video 2a: on participant observation. (another one on participant observation: a brief lecture); another discussion from the sociological perspective. Video 2b: Ethnography (related to participant observation). Video 3a: Observational Research (a briefing). Video 3b: Observational focus. Video 3c: Field notes in observational research. Video 3d: Observation and interpretation. Video 3e: Field organisation. Video 3f: designing observations (structured ones). Video 3g: Research instruments: observational checklist. [quantitative] Video 4a: Privatizing public space. Video 4b: Observational research, with reference to marketing. Video 5: Observation and interpretation. Video 6: Hawthorne studies. ** a study note on the ethnographic approach.
5.    Action research	Video 1a Video 1b: Introduction to action research. Video 2a: overview of action research. Video 2b: participatory action research. Another presentation on PAR. Video 2c: understanding AR. Video 3a: how to conduct action research. Video 3b: collecting data for AR. Video 4: Action research in development.
6.    Case study research	Video 1 ; Part 2 (on planning a case study); part 3: replication or not. Video 2: a brief overview of case study research. Video 3: Case study research part 1; part 2. ** slideshare on case study research. ** also an academic article about the role of gatekeepers in case study research (pdf).
7.    Grounded theory	Video 1a; 1b: an introduction to grounded theory. Video 1c: grounded theory and qualitative research. Video 1d: grounded theory explained in simple terms. Video 2: using grounded theory approach. Video 3 on theoretical saturation. Video 4a: beginners guide to coding. Video 4b: on open, axial and selective coding. (another one: what is open, axial and selective coding?) Video 4c: coding qualitative data for categories and themes. Video 4d: codes, categories and themes: understand the difference. ** slideshare on grounded theory.

 

1. Also study the blog note on the onion model.

2. Note that the agile literature review approach utilizes evaluation research a lot.

3. Visual research methods are mainly studied by Housing Studies students, not MBA students.

Some students might also consider to do hypothesis testing; in this case, study the e-resource blog on hypothesis testing.

e-learning videos related to research methods quality

 e-learning videos related to research methods quality

 

Research methods quality attributes	Videos to study
1.    Quality of qualitative research and quantitative research	Qualitative research Video 1 Video 2: trustworthiness and validity in qualitative research. ** a guide to qualitative rigor in research. Quantitative research Video 1: objectivity and validity in the subject of sociology. Video 2: generalizability and representativeness. Video 3: A briefing on internal and external validity. Video 4: predictive validity Video 5: concurrent validity. Video 6: convergent and divergent validity
2.    Validity and reliability of research	Video 1 Video 2 (related to qualitative research)
3a.    Advantages and disadvantages of different research methods 3b. on triangulation in research.	Video 1 Video 2: on triangulation in qualitative research. Video 3: triangulation in research. Video 4: A brief talk about triangulation. [3 myths] ** Slideshare on triangulation.
4a.    On research methods validity 4b. On measurement reliability	Video 1 Video 2 (measurement reliability) Video 3: measurement validity
5.    On internal validity	Video 1 (basic ideas behind) Video 2: threats to internal validity.
6.    On external validity	Video 1
7.    On construct validity, including face validity	Video 1 (construct validity) Video 2 (face validity)
8.    On research credibility and other quality considerations	Video 1 (on credibility) Video 2: quality in qualitative research. Video 3: research quality: an overall review. Video 4: credible source: 5 tips. Video 5: How to work against bias. Video 6: theoretical saturation in qualitative research.

 

*** Research methodology evaluation also needs to deal with the topic of research ethics (re: a video on social research).

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e-learning videos related to the onion model of research methods

 

e-learning videos related to the onion model ofresearch methods [jkkh dated: Dec, 1, 2021]

 

Layers of the onion model	Videos to study
Research philosophies	Video 1a: Philosophy of research/ also watch research paradigms and philosophical world views. Video 1b: defining ontology and epistemology. Video 1c: what is a research paradigm? Video 1d: what is ontology and epistemology? Video 1e: research paradigms and philosophies. Video 1f: philosophical assumptions. Video 2: (a) Ontology for social researchers/ (b) for social actors. Also on (c) what is social ontology? Video 3a: On epistemology Video 3b: methods of acquiring knowledge. Video 4: Ontology, Epistemology and Research Philosophies Video 5a: Ontology epistemology methodology and methods Video 5b: methodology, ontology and epistemology (a briefing). Video 5c: Objectivism. [also study subjectivism] Video 5d: empiricism. (compared with rationalism) Video 6a: positivism as a philosophy of research. [also study the video of the limits of science]. Also study logical positivism and the video of realism and positivism.; a briefing on positivism in the subject of sociology. Also study post positivism. Video 6b: interpretivism as a philosophy of research. also interpretivism in the subject of sociology; a more theoretical discussion on interpretivism in sociology. on the interpretive approach in sociology. Video 6c: mixed methods philosophy. Video 6d: pragmatism as a philosophy of research. (another brief lecture on pragmatism) Video 6e: post-positivism as a philosophy of research./ another two videos: v1 useful lecture video and v2. Video 6f: constructivism. Video 6g: critical theory./ another one on what is critical theory. Video 6h: structuralism Video 6i: poststructuralism. Another briefing on poststructuralism, and the third one. Also study structuralism vs poststructuralism. Video 7a: Axiology defined. Video 7b: the axiological argument. Video 8: on phenomenology and ethnomethodology (mainly for students of sociology or my Housing Studies students). Video 9a: Foundationalism. (also study a related topic on the epistemic regression problem). Video 9b: on coherentism in epistemology. Video 10. on Thomas Kuhn and normal science. and then on scientific revolutions, and, finally, on incommensurability/ progress. A reading: * On research philosophies and favored research methods.
Research approaches	Video 1: Inductive and deductive approaches Video 2: the scientific process of inductive and deductive reasoning. Video 3: on deduction, induction and abduction. Video 4a: critical thinking: deductive arguments Video 4b: abductive arguments Video 4c: On truth and validity in arguments. Study note (with embedded videos).
I. Research strategies II. Research choices	I. Research strategies Video 1: case study research method. * Slideshare on case study research method. Video 2a: grounded theory. Video 2b: grounded theory in action. Video 3: questionnaire survey research. Video 4: a broader topic on the scientific method (in sociology). II. Research choices: Video 4: on mixed methods and multi-methods research designs. Video 5a: mixed methods research: the basics. Video 5b: mixed methods research: briefing part 1. part 2. part 3. Video 5c: mixed methods research or mixed up methods Video 6: developing mixed methods research: a briefing. Video 7: how do research methods affect results? Video 8: multimodal research. Video 9: qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods research. *** also study the e-resource blog article on research methods.
Research choices	Video 1: mixed methods research: the basics (also useful to study the differences between qualitative and quantitative research in this regard). Video 2: multimethod research Video 3a: developing mixed methods research: a briefing. Video 3b: mixed methods research: basics ideas on its design. Video 3c: using mixed methods research for wicked problems. Video 4: Criteria for Selecting a Research Design * Slideshare 1 on multimethod research. * Slideshare 2 on mixed methods research. * Also see the blog note on the 4 levels of mixed methods research in the agile literature review approach. ** A side topic is pilot study (spare time to study it also).
Time horizons	Video 1: Longitudinal studies. Video 2: Cross sectional research. Video 3: cross-sectional study vs longitudinal study. * Slideshare 1 on cross sectional research.
Data collection and analysis	Video 1a: an introduction to qualitative data analysis. Video 1b: types of qualitative data analysis. Video 1c: developing research instruments: surveys and interviews. Video 2: quantitative data analysis. Video 3a: primary vs secondary data. Video 3b: levels of evidence. Video 4: choosing data collection methods. (also study "how to compare different methods of data collection": a video). Video 5: theorizing from qualitative data: case study research. Video 6: analyzing questionnaire. Video 7: analyzing interviews. Video 8: analyzing focus group data. Video 9: theoretical saturation (related to grounded theory). Also on open, axial and selective coding. Video 10: deciding on your data analysis strategy. Video 11: good practice: reflexivity. * Slideshare 1: qualitative coding. * Slideshare 2: qualitative data analysis. * Slideshare 3: quantitative data analysis.

 

Also study the Webinar related to the onion model by M. Saunders.

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On basic ethics concepts and ethics form handling: a note

 On basic ethics concepts and ethics form handling: a note

Updated admin news (April 9, 2024): Students are required to complete the Ethics application online (https://sunderland.ethicsreview.org.uk/ ) within two weeks after their proposal is approved by their supervisor and as a supervisor, you are requested to review their ethics form in the system before the UK Ethics reviewer for review and final approval. The turnaround time may take 2 to 3 weeks. Student’s research should be started after their ethics form is approved by the UK Ethics team. 

Supporting forms for ethics form processing

Also study the basic concepts of ethics in social research (a video) and informed consent (a video). {a related topic is debriefing in research}

In the diagram, note the role of the gatekeeper in case study research (see an article related to gatekeeper).

Another note is on renegotiation informed consent.

** (i) A gatekeeper consent form template for reference

(ii) an interview  consent form for reference.

(iii) a questionnaire survey consent form for reference. (a second sample).

(iv) a fake gatekeeper consent form (sunling)

Some queries and replies regarding the ethic form filling : between a student and the school admin:

quote start:

1)      Project Leader? Who is he/she?
Please state your full name, as you own the project you are the project leader.

2)      Programme name? MBA Top-Up (Dissertation Only)
You can just put MBA

3)      Module name? PGBM161 – MBA Project (2021/2 – UOSHK – K07 – SEM 3)
Module Name is MBA Project (PGBM161)

4) You will be asked to input your supervisor's name in the form, you should be able to find your supervisor’s name on the list in order to continue to the next section.)

quote end

Note the updated ethical form link.

University resource on research ethics: info:

Ask students to download those sample consent forms from this sharepoint links, they need to login to access the sharepoint site:

https://sunderlandac.sharepoint.com/sites/cs_research/SitePages/Research-Ethics.aspx?OR=Teams-HL&CT=1656577125255&clickparams=eyJBcHBOYW1lIjoiVGVhbXMtRGVza3RvcCIsIkFwcFZlcnNpb24iOiIyNy8yMjA2MDYxNDgwNSIsIkhhc0ZlZGVyYXRlZFVzZXIiOmZhbHNlfQ%3D%3D

 

Request students to find more details on Research ethics from this website (https://www.sunderland.ac.uk/more/research/research-governance-integrity/ethics/apply-ethical-review).

a. Also study a sample for class discussion: informed consent form

b. Also study "how to avoid requirement to submit a gatekeeper consent form".

c. On informed consent and informed consent form.

d. On clarification on ethical form and informed consent form.

e. Types of informed consent forms to use.