Research
Internet Research: How to Look & How to Judge
Logic & Perception (The Skeptic’s Dictionary)
Ó Dochartaigh, Niall (2012) Internet Research Skills, 3rd Edition. London: Sage.
Scepticism on the Web (Peter J. King)
Verification Handbook (Craig Silverman, editor)
Key Terms
Start with a Topic and combine this with one or more of these Key Terms. Substitute Key Terms to find different perspectives. Generally speaking, half a dozen combinations of Topic + Key Terms will suffice.
-.co, -.com, .ac, .edu, .gov, .pdf, .ppt, Abstract, Annotated, Annual, Archive, Article, Association, Bibliography, Catalogue, Chart, Citation, Clearing House, Collection, Comparison, Concise, Critique, Data, Database, Debate, Diagram, Directory, Forum, Graph, Guide, Handbook, History, Index, Institute, International, List, Manuscript, Non-profit, Open, Portal, Proceedings, Record, Reference, Repository, Research, Resource, Review, Society, Statistic, Summary , Survey, Syllabus, Table, Text
Resources & Examples
Abduction, Deduction and Induction in Qualitative Research (Jo Reichertz)
American Association for Public Opinion Research
American Community Survey Research and Evaluation report
Assessment of organisational culture (Reiman & Oedewald)
Case-Control Studies (Tobias Gerhard)
China sees dip in research-grant misconduct
Comparative effectiveness of technology-enhanced simulation
Conducting Surveys (Auditor General of Canada)
Cross-Cultural Survey Guidelines (CCSG)
Current Population Survey Methodology (US Census)
Decomposition Methods in Economics (Fortin, Lemieux, & Firpo)
Design & Emotion: The Kansei Engineering Methodology (Lokman)
Designing Household Survey Samples (UN)
Designing Surveys (World Bank)
Do’s and Don’ts of Questionnaire Design
Duke Initiative on Survey Methodology
Encyclopedia of Research Design
Evaluation Handbook (W.K. Kellogg Foundation)
Financial and Economic Research Methods (Harrison & Herbohn)
Fundamentals of Survey Research Methodology (Glasgow)
Global surveys or multi-national surveys? On sampling for global surveys (Katz)
Good Practices in Survey Design Step-by-Step (OECD)
Program on Survey Research (Harvard)
Index of /ebooks/Research Methods
Information Collection Tools: Advantages and Disadvantages
Information Research and Analysis (IRA) Lab
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR)
Introduction to Effective Survey Design and Administration (Johnson)
Introduction to Qualitative Research Methodology Training Manual
National Council on Public Polls (NCPP)
Online Survey Design Guide (U Maryland)
Optimizing Survey Questionnnaire Design in Political Science (Pasek & Krosnick)
Overview of Qualitative Methods and Analytic Techniques
Performance Audit Manual (Auditor General of Canada)
Practitioner’s Guide to Perception Surveys
Quality Assessment of the 5th European Working Conditions Survey
Questions and Answers in Surveys
Questionnaire Design for Social Surveys
Questionnaire Design Research Laboratory (QDRL)
Research Skills (Glasgow Caledonian U)
Questionnaire Design for Survey Research: Employing Weighting Method (Sato)
Questionnaire Design Research Laboratory (QDRL)
REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture)
Research Connections: Child Care & Early Education
Research Process Steps (Baltimore County Public Schools)
Research Questions Guiding Selection of an Appropriate Research Method (Jarvinen)
Roper Center: Public Opinion Archives
Sage Encyclopedia of Qualitative Research Methods (Given)
Sensitive Questions in Surveys (Tourangeau & Yan)
Social Science Data Archive (UCLA)
Survey Methods in Technology and Physical Sciences (Cambridge U)
Survey Research Methods (ESRA)
Tracing the Steps of Survey Design (MaGee, Rickards, Byars & Artino)
User-Friendly Handbook for Mixed Method Evaluations (Frechtling & Sharp)
Why Most Published Research Findings Are False (Ioannidis)
Why Policymakers Should Ignore Public Opinion Polls (Weissberg)
