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.