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New paper from the Data Collection for Data Quality NCRM project

The NCRM project on Data Collection for Data Quality has published a new paper in the Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology. The paper focuses on the interviewer …

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Starting mid-March 2020, people were much more likely to share news originating from the BBC than other news sources

Using some tools we developed as part of our NCRM project, Laszlo Horvath (Exeter) presented some new research on 8 June at NECO 2020 …

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Watch the celebration of the new phase of the National Centre for Research Methods

On Thursday 9th July at 5pm we launched the exciting new phase for NCRM with a new remit and look! The launch event was premiered on our …

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Participate in the UCL study on research practices in Social Science

Much has been discussed in recent years about research practices in the Social Sciences, yet factors that influence these practices remain largely unknown. To address this, …

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Innovation in Research Methods: Investigative Social Research

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 …

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Teaching social research methods online: interview with Debbie Collins

Debbie Collins is not only the director of NatCen Learning, she is also working on her doctoral thesis with NCRM (supervised by …

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NCRM @home: some personal experiences and coping strategies

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 …

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Social data during the COVID-19 pandemic

Social data are not the highest priority at the moment, but they may well become increasingly important – and for those of us who aren’t key …