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See also: [[Educational technology research approaches]] for a discussion on what is considered to be good research.
See also: [[Educational technology research approaches]] for a discussion on what is considered to be good research.


== Tutorials ==
=== Literature and Bibliography ===
* [http://library.ucsc.edu/ref/howto/apa_citations.html How to Start Using the APA Style Guide] (short check list from UCSC)
* [http://www.apastyle.org/elecref.html How to cite electronic references] (from APA)
* [http://library.ucsc.edu/library/ref/howto/literaturereview.html How to Write a Literature Review] (short check list from UCSC)
* [http://www.utoronto.ca/writing/litrev.html The Literature Review: A Few Tips On Conducting It], Dena Taylor, Director, Health Sciences Writing Centre and Margaret Procter, Coordinator, Writing Support, University of Toronto.
=== General introduction to research methodology ===
* Bill Trochim's nice [http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/index.htm Knowledge Base (Web-based text-book, click on "contents")]. Very good place to start for quantitative research (including statistics)
* [http://allpsych.com/researchmethods/index.html Research Methods], by Christopher L. Heffner. This ten chapter research methods text is written for both undergraduate and graduate students in education, psychology, and the social sciences. It focuses on the basics of research design and the critical analysis of professional research in the social sciences from developing a theory, selecting subjects, and testing subjects to performing statistical analysis and writing the research report.
* [http://tecfa.unige.ch/guides/methodo/edu-tech/ Research Design for Educational Technologists], slides by [[User:Daniel K. Schneider|Daniel K. Schneider]].
=== Statistics ===
There are loads of tutorials on the web. If you are not happy with my little choice, you at [http://www.slais.ubc.ca/resources/research_methods/quantita.htm this] for example (see the links section also below)
* [http://tecfa.unige.ch/guides/statistics/ Electronic Statistics Textbook] PASSWORD protected older version, get the newer source from http://www.statsoft.com/textbook/stathome.html. Very good, from StatSoft the makers of Statistica !
* [http://www.statsoft.com/textbook/glosfra.html Statistics Glossary], also from StatSoft.
* [http://davidmlane.com/hyperstat/index.html HyperStat Online Textbook] by David M. Lane at Rice University. Centered on Anova and testing. All entries have links to other sites. See also the related [http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~lane/rvls.html Rice Virtual Lab in Statistics]. On a side note: Look at the [http://davidmlane.com/hyperstat/index.html#humor humor links] to take a break.
* [http://www2.chass.ncsu.edu/garson/pa765/statnote.htm PA 765 Statnotes: An Online Textbook] by G. David Garson, NC State University. Very good Hypertext with many detailed "chapters", not always suitable for total beginners. Also makes references to SPSS procedures .
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statistics Wikipedia Statistics]. The Wikipedia has become a very good resource for some issues and models (2006).
* [http://www.utexas.edu/its/rc/tutorials/ Tutorials - ITS / UTexas]. Tutorials provide a general introduction to various software package including information on how to use statistics. (Amos, SAS, SPSS, etc.)
* [http://www.cas.lancs.ac.uk/glossary_v1.1/main.html Statistics Glossary], Valerie J. Easton & John McColl, Centre for Applied Statistics, Lancaster University. Good tutoraial-like site, incl. Index.
* [http://www.vts.rdn.ac.uk/tutorial/social-statistics/ Internet For Social Statistics. ] This is a free online course that shows you how to find statistics (and related informations) on the Internet and how to deal with it..
* [http://www.smallwaters.com/whitepapers/marketing/ Structural Equation Modelling in Market Research] by the people who made the AMOS SEM package. Good. (SEM is not for beginners)
* [http://www.msb.edu/training/statistics/amos/Tutorial-AG.pdf Georgetown AMOS Tutorial] (version 4, Intro to the program and simple multiple regression, suitable for beginners)
=== Qualitative Research ===
* [http://www.socresonline.org.uk/3/3/4.html Choosing Qualitative Data Analysis Software: Atlas/ti and Nudist Compared] by Christine Barry, Sociological Research Online, vol. 3, no. 3. Note: this on-line journal has other "quali" articles.
* [http://www.socresonline.org.uk/3/3/3.html Hypermedia and Ethnography: Reflections on the Construction of a Research Approach], by Bella Dicks and Bruce Mason, Sociological Research Online, vol. 3, no. 3
=== Network Analysis ===
* [http://linkanalysis.wlv.ac.uk/i Link Analysis]<nowiki>: An Information Science Approach" by Mike Thelwall. This site contains extra information related to the book. (webometrics). See also the </nowiki>[SocSciBot3 http://socscibot.wlv.ac.uk/] software that can be used togetehr with the Pajek program
* [http://vlado.fmf.uni-lj.si/pub/networks/pajek/ Pajek] is a Program for Large Network Analysis. Here is a text and manual.
=== Educational Technology Research and related ===
(to be completed)
* [http://www.viktoria.se/~saral/design_isd.htm Design Methodology]. Slides by Maria Hakansson, IT-University
* [http://www.viktoria.se/~saral/prototyping_lect3.htm Prototyping in practise] (also from Sweden)
* [http://www.gsu.edu/~wwwitr/docs/leaders/index.html What We Know about Research in Instructional Technology: Interviews with Research Leaders]
* [By Dhal Anglada Instructional Designer An Introduction to Instructional Design - Utilizing a basic design model] By Dhal Anglada Instructional Designer
* [http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/sat1.html Introduction to Instructional System Design] by Donald Clark (basic, classic approach)
=== Software Development ===
* [http://www.computer.org/computer/homepage/misc/Boehm/ A Spiral Model of Software Development and Enhancement], arry W. Boehm, TRW Defense Systems Group
== Software ==
(some day, I may add more things. In my group, we use mostly Atlas for qualitative and SPSS for quantitative analysis ... for the moment please see the links below)
* [http://www.analytictech.com/netdraw.htm NetDraw Network Visualization]. Free program for visualizing 1-mode and 2-mode social network data (made by Steve Borgatti and Roberta Chase, Analytic Technologies)
* Microsoft Excel: Avoid whenver you can !: However if you really must, e.g. you don't have cash for SPSS or you are too illiterate to download a free stats program: [http://www.audiencedialogue.org/excel1.html Using Excel for survey analysis (1)] or
== Methodology Links ==
(dig around and you will find it)
* SEE also larger indexes, such as: the [http://www.socsciresearch.com/ Research Resources for the Social Sciences], the [http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/socsci/subjects.htm WWW-VL Social Sciences], the [http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/gthursby/psi/ Psychology Virtual Library], etc.
=== More General ===
* [http://sosig.ac.uk/ Social Science Information Gateway (SOSIG)]. This is a large portal with a lot of links, e.g. [http://sosig.ac.uk/roads/subject-listing/World-cat/meth.html Research Methods]. Probably on of the best place to start browsing.
* [http://www.slais.ubc.ca/resources/research_methods/ Research Methods Resources On The Www], Mary Sue Stephenson's good index at the University of British Columbia. Another good site for browsing, strong also on qualitative methodology.
* [http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/ Social Research Methods]. Bill Trochim's Center. Very nice [http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/index.htm Knowledge Base (Web-based text-book, click on "contents")] and also [http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/selstat/ssstart.htm Selecting Statistics] expert system Program. Also features pointers to tutorials (made by graduate students)
* [http://www.pscw.uva.nl/sociosite/TOPICS/Research.html Research Methodology and Statistics] at the sociosite, an other good index
* [http://redrival.net/evaluation/ Resources for Methods in Evaluation and Social Research] (ocus is on "how-to" do evaluation research)
* [http://www.valt.helsinki.fi/staff/mmattila/emethods.htm Research Methods] Good short list by Mikko Mattila
* [http://www2.chass.ncsu.edu/garson/pa765/links.htm PA 765 Research Methodology Links] by G. David Garson, NC State University
* [http://web.pdx.edu/~dbls/HowtoWriteLiteratureReview.htm Selected Links to Resources on Writing a Literature Review ]
=== Qualitative Research ===
(both formal/structured and unformal)
* [http://www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/index.html The Qualitative Report] (both a journal and an index)
* [http://www.qualitativeresearch.uga.edu/QualPage/ QualPage] by Judy Norris. Very good site (traditional academic build)
* [http://www.irn.pdx.edu/~kerlinb/qualresearch/ The qualitative Research Page] by Bobbi Kerlin, also maintains the Qualitative Research[http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=qualres;list Webring]
* [http://vlsm.org/gnm/gtm-12.en.html Grounded Theory Methodology] Karl "Chuck B." Freiherr von Manteuffel ...
* [http://www.umich.edu/~qualnet/index.htm Qualnet], in particular [http://www.umich.edu/~qualnet/resources.htm Qualitative Research Resources]
* [http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/gcm/ar/arhome.html Action Research Sources] (by Bob Dick, Southern Cross University)
=== Network Analysis ===
* [http://www.socialnetworks.org/ Social Network References (Good Academic Bibliography, no links)] and [http://www.netvis.org/resources.php Dynamic Visualization of Social Networks] (part of J.N. cummunings on-line analysis site). Very good links to other software tools.
* [http://stat.gamma.rug.nl/snijders/socnet.htm Social Network Analysis], Tom Snijders links and methods page
* [http://www.insna.org/ INSNA] International Network for Social Network Analysis, has links to researcher's home pages and tutorials
* [http://www.geocities.com/imbenta/agna/links.htm  Social Network Analysis Links] by I.M. [http://benta.addr.com/ Benta] (who also wrote the freeware Agna Network Analysis package)
=== Quantitative Research ===
* [http://www.stat.cmu.edu/ Statlib], datasets, scripts for various packages, routines for programmers who want to hack it their own way, etc.
* [http://methods.fullerton.edu/index.html Methods in Behavioral Research] by Paul C. Cozby. Good structured links for experimental research (according to chapters of his book)
* [http://www.irn.pdx.edu/~kerlinb/quant.corner.html The Quant Corner] INDEX by Bobbi Kerlin
* [http://noppa5.pc.helsinki.fi/links.html A few links related to Statistics Education] by Juha Puranen. Large list of some useful links related to Statistics Education - Online Statistical teaching material, courses , handouts, exercises, articles, datasets. This is the best index I am aware of.
=== Associations, Journals, Forums on-line ===
* [http://www.qualitative-research.net/ Forum: Qualitative Social Research (FQS)] Good quarterly (peer-reviewed multilingual online journal for qualitative research). In addition FQS Reviews, Debates and Conferences. Worth a Visit !
* [http://polmeth.wustl.edu/ The Society for Political Methodology and the Political Methodology Section of the APSA]. In particular, check out the on line journals like the [http://polmeth.wustl.edu/tpm.html Political Methodologist]
* [http://itech1.coe.uga.edu/itforum/ ITFORUM] A listserv for the Instructional Tehcnology community. Quite a lot of discussion on research problems. Also includes discussions on special [http://it.coe.uga.edu/itforum/Previous.html topics]
=== Data and Question Archives ===
* [http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/data.htm Data Archives] List at Keele/UK
* [http://qb.soc.surrey.ac.uk/ The Question Bank], Social surveys online, sponsored by UK Economic and Social Research Council
* [http://www.sidos.ch/index.html SIDOS] Swiss information and data archive service for the social sciences
* [http://www.selects.ch/ Swiss electoral studies] (related to SIDOS)
= Finding information on the Internet =
It is increasingly easy to find academic materials on the Internet. However, for resources you (or your institution) has to pay. [To DO: Add sites with definitions of terms]
=== Open access ===
* [http://www.doaj.org/ Directory of Open Access Journals] October 2004: 1333 journals in the directory, 328 journals are searchable on article level, 60818 articles are included in the DOAJ service
* [http://www.vascoda.de/ Vascoda] (excellent German search engine)
* [http://beat.doebe.li/bibliothek/ Beat's BiblioNetz] (the future ?)
=== Commercial offerings ===
* [http://www.isinet.com/ ISI Web of Knowledge.] Central sales site of ISI's commercial offerings (no access, just propaganda). E.g. current contents, [http://www.isiwebofknowledge.com/ ISI Web of Knowledge] (see bases donn�es below for members of swiss universities)
* [http://services.inist.fr/public/fre/conslt.htm French articles @ Inist] (free index and commercial retrieval service)
* [http://www.ingenta.com/ Ingenta/Uncover Web] (same for English articles
* [http://lib.consortium.ch/products_categories.php Consortium des biblioth�ques universitaires Suisses - Bases de donn�es] [RESTRICTED access to selected universities for selected services]
* University of Geneva [RESTRICTED access through IP filtering]
** [http://www.unige.ch/biblio/periodelectr/indexel.html Electronic journals (liste)]
** [http://www.unige.ch/biblio/ressources/perio.html P�riodiques �lectroniques en lignes]
** [http://www.unige.ch/biblio/ressources/bases.html Bases de donn�es]




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Definition

This page is a resource page on research methodology.

Research methodology in educational technology

See also: Educational technology research approaches for a discussion on what is considered to be good research.

Tutorials

Literature and Bibliography

General introduction to research methodology

Statistics

There are loads of tutorials on the web. If you are not happy with my little choice, you at this for example (see the links section also below)

Qualitative Research

Network Analysis

  • Link Analysis: An Information Science Approach" by Mike Thelwall. This site contains extra information related to the book. (webometrics). See also the [SocSciBot3 http://socscibot.wlv.ac.uk/] software that can be used togetehr with the Pajek program
  • Pajek is a Program for Large Network Analysis. Here is a text and manual.

Educational Technology Research and related

(to be completed)

Software Development

Software

(some day, I may add more things. In my group, we use mostly Atlas for qualitative and SPSS for quantitative analysis ... for the moment please see the links below)

  • NetDraw Network Visualization. Free program for visualizing 1-mode and 2-mode social network data (made by Steve Borgatti and Roberta Chase, Analytic Technologies)
  • Microsoft Excel: Avoid whenver you can !: However if you really must, e.g. you don't have cash for SPSS or you are too illiterate to download a free stats program: Using Excel for survey analysis (1) or

Methodology Links

(dig around and you will find it)

More General

Qualitative Research

(both formal/structured and unformal)

Network Analysis

Quantitative Research

  • Statlib, datasets, scripts for various packages, routines for programmers who want to hack it their own way, etc.
  • Methods in Behavioral Research by Paul C. Cozby. Good structured links for experimental research (according to chapters of his book)
  • The Quant Corner INDEX by Bobbi Kerlin
  • A few links related to Statistics Education by Juha Puranen. Large list of some useful links related to Statistics Education - Online Statistical teaching material, courses , handouts, exercises, articles, datasets. This is the best index I am aware of.

Associations, Journals, Forums on-line

Data and Question Archives

Finding information on the Internet

It is increasingly easy to find academic materials on the Internet. However, for resources you (or your institution) has to pay. [To DO: Add sites with definitions of terms]

Open access

Commercial offerings

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