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In the months and weeks leading up to the 2015 general election, the opinion polls told a consistent story; the Conservatives and Labour were tied in …
The 7th ESRC Research Methods Festival (RMF) is a great opportunity for everyone interested in understanding the numerous, tangled and ever-changing ways of looking at the …
The Report of the Inquiry into the 2015 British general election opinion polls is now available. http://eprints.ncrm.ac.uk/3789/ …
The Maintaining high response rates is it worth the effort? event was held at the Royal Statistical Society, London on the 3rd March 2016. The seminar …
NCRM video and audio podcast series features a wide range of research methods related topics discussed by experts from NCRM affiliated projects and events. Latest video: …
One of the initial roles of the Training and Capacity Building (TCB) directorate of the National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM), was to consult and liaise …
Longitudinal surveys face significant challenges due to the rise in survey costs, attrition over time, and non-coverage of the target population. A promising solution to some …
The National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM) Autumn School on Radical Interdisciplinarity in the Social Sciences was the ideal place to consider some of the methodological …