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Graham Crow interviewed about his career in social research Professor Graham Crow is the Deputy Director of the National Centre for Research Methods. He was interviewed for the Social Research Association newsletter about his career in social research. To read the interview, please follow the link below. Read more... Submitted by Kaisa Puustinen on Friday, 11th May 2012

New version of pstest The latest version of the -psmatch2- package contains an updated and revamped -pstest-. It now has three main types of uses (outlined below), can graph (dot chart or histogram) balancing measures, displays the output in a more compact and useful way (including the option of displaying only those variables which ... Read more... Submitted by Kaisa Puustinen on Thursday, 26th April 2012

Genetics in social sciences Article by Frank Dudbridge, Pathways node of NCRM, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. This article also appears in the Spring 2012 issue of the MethodsNews newsletter. At first glance, genetics and social science lie at opposite ends of a spectrum. Our genes are fixed at conception and irrevocably determine ... Read more... Submitted by Kaisa Puustinen on Wednesday, 18th April 2012

PhD Student Bursaries: Digital Methods as Mainstream Methodology seminar series This is an opportunity for 6 PhD students to attend and participate in a series of seminars on innovations in, and uses of, digital methods across the social sciences. The seminar series, Digital Methods as Mainstream Methodology, is funded by the the National Centre for Research Methods as one of ... Read more... Submitted by Kaisa Puustinen on Tuesday, 3rd April 2012

Training bursaries available Bursaries for research methods training course fees are again available from the National Centre for Research Methods. The bursaries are available for UK social science community engaged in research, teaching research methods or supervising research to update their skills. Contract researchers working in HEIs are also eligible for the ... Read more... Submitted by Kaisa Puustinen on Sunday, 1st April 2012

BBC Today programme features research from NCRM BBC Today programme on Thursday 29 March 2012 (7.32am) featured an interview by Professor Harvey Goldstein from LEMMA 3 node of NCRM. Professor Goldstein has authored a report on behalf of the British Academy, which states that performance league tables for schools, universities and police forces should be accompanied by prominent warnings ... Read more... Submitted by Kaisa Puustinen on Thursday, 29th March 2012

New methodological review paper from NCRM: How many qualitative interviews is enough? Students conducting a piece of qualitative research frequently ask ‘how many interviews is enough?’ Early career researchers and established academics also consider this question when designing research projects. In this NCRM Methods Review paper Sarah Elsie Baker (Middlesex University) and Rosalind Edwards (NCRM, University of Southampton) gather and review responses to ... Read more... Submitted by Kaisa Puustinen on Tuesday, 27th March 2012

Vacancy: Research Assistant (Statistician / Data Analyst) Job Title: Research Assistant (Statistician / Data Analyst) University College London Department: Research Department of Infection & Population Health within the Institute of Epidemiology & Health Care Unit: Centre for Sexual Health & HIV Research Grade: Grade 6b Hours: Full-time (36.5 hours per week) Salary: £28,057 to 29,585 per annum, inclusive ... Read more... Submitted by Kaisa Puustinen on Thursday, 22nd March 2012

Call for papers: Computational Social Science - Research Strategies, Design & Methods Special Issue for the International Journal of Social Research Methodology (IJSRM) Call for Papers: Computational Social Science - Research Strategies, Design & Methods Editors: William Housley, Adam Edwards, Matthew Williams and Malcolm Williams Cardiff School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University Deadline: 1 May 2012 This special issue is contextualised in terms of the ‘coming crisis ... Read more... Submitted by William Housley on Thursday, 22nd March 2012

Call for papers: The Teaching and Learning of Research Methodology International Journal of Research & Method in Education Special Issue: The Teaching and Learning of Research Methodology Guest Editors: Dr Andrew Loxley, Professor Michael Grenfell and Dr Aidan Seery, School of Education, Trinity College Dublin. The International Journal of Research & Method in Education calls for scholarly papers for ... Read more... Submitted by Kaisa Puustinen on Monday, 5th March 2012

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