Research methods & interviews
- SAGE Research MethodsSAGE Research Methods (SRM) is a research tool supported by a newly devised taxonomy that links content and methods terms. It provides the most comprehensive picture available today of research methods (quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods) across the social and behavioural sciences. It includes more than 100,000 pages of SAGE book and reference material on research methods as well as editorially selected material from SAGE journals. In addition, SRMO contains content from more than 640 books, including the complete Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences "Little Green Books" series from SAGE.
- Conducting Research Interviews for Business and Management StudentsIn Conducting Research Interviews, Catherine Cassell guides you through conceptualizing the interview, preparing for the research interview, conducting the interview, examples, and conclusions and next steps.
- A Short Guides for Conducting Research InterviewsProvided by the University Writing Center at Appalachian State University, this is a useful step-by-step guide to conducting a productive interview.
- Strategies for Qualitative InterviewsAnother guide to conducting interviews, from the sociology department at Harvard.
Constructing Your Survey
Begin by researching best practices for survey questionnaire development. Crafting your survey questions carefully will save you and your client valuable time, and will better position you to collect measurable data . Consider consulting with on-campus statistical and survey offices.
Decide on a survey application. There are hundreds of free, online survey tools to choose from. Make sure you pick one that will provide you with a data output mechanism that you can work with!
- QualtricsThis survey software is the recommended interface for Cornell University. You are required to create an account before beginning to build a survey.
Survey Resources
Design, evaluation, and analysis of questionnaires for survey research by ISBN: 9781118634486Publication Date: 2014-01-09
Sampling statistics by Publication Date: 2009
Other Methods
- SAGE Research MethodsSAGE Research Methods (SRM) is a research tool supported by a newly devised taxonomy that links content and methods terms. It provides the most comprehensive picture available today of research methods (quantitative, qualitative and mixed methods) across the social and behavioural sciences. It includes more than 100,000 pages of SAGE book and reference material on research methods as well as editorially selected material from SAGE journals. In addition, SRMO contains content from more than 640 books, including the complete Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences "Little Green Books" series from SAGE.
Interview Resources
Resources for SPSS
Cornell students have access to SPSS training through Lynda.com (see SPSS Statistics Essentials) and in-person training via CISER. Also the books below maybe useful.
Doing Quantitative Research in Education with SPSS by ISBN: 9781446210147Publication Date: 2010-12-30
