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February 16th sees the launch of the Centre on Dynamics of Ethnicity (CoDE) survey: Evidence for Equality National Survey (EVENS) – which will be
In a recent peer-reviewed article Alexandru Cernat and Melanie Revilla explored the effects of switching from face to face surveys to web data
For researchers who decide to use more than one method in a project, the question immediately arises of whether to treat two as sufficient or whether
21 March 2021 is census day in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. There are at least two remarkable aspects to this simple observation – firstly, that
On the 21st and 22nd November at the University of Liverpool in London, NCRM held an innovation forum to explore the embryonic field of “investigative social
Debbie Collins is not only the director of NatCen Learning, she is also working on her doctoral thesis with NCRM (supervised by
As many other organisations, NCRM is now working from home. We had to close our offices, sort out home computers and workspaces and deal not only
We at NCRM are busy tracking Twitter and other online communities for great ideas on how people are managing to switch to teaching and learning
Walking methods have different applications, including in Olympic cities. The ‘Olympic city’ provides sociologists, anthropologists and psychologists alike a fascinating incubator of social organising and ordering.
As the National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM) begins its 16th year there are many achievements of which the team can be both proud and confident