Quality in quantitative studies are regularly discussed and taught in psychology and there are numerous frameworks consisting of criteria that determines what is and (what is not) a high quality study. This is often informed by the type of research design used, for example a randomized controlled trial is considered the ‘gold standard’ in terms… Continue reading Quality in Qualitative Research
Background Today I am going to talk about the framework method for qualitative data analysis. The framework method for the management and analysis of qualitative data originated in large-scale social policy research and has been used since the 1980’s (Ritchie & Lewis, 2003). The framework method can be used to identify similarities and differences between… Continue reading The Framework Method of Qualitative Data Presentation and Analysis
So there I was, I had passed my viva, and pending a few minor corrections, I had completed my PhD. Now what? I had accepted some short-term data analysis work whilst I was finishing my thesis, however, I was awaiting data from colleagues to get stuck into this. I was also offered an interview as… Continue reading After the Viva
First of all apologies, i haven’t been updating this site as much as I hoped to have done over the past couple of months. Theres no excuse for this, I was just really busy writing my thesis. Finishing your thesis I found it quite difficult to put my thesis together, at times it felt like… Continue reading Finishing the thesis and undertaking the viva
Hi Everyone, I apologise for being quiet lately, I am about to enter my third year and have gantt charts and deadlines all over the place to finish on time. However, in more positive news, Ive just been published for the first time; http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/pdfplus/10.1108/SCN-05-2014-0009 Barker, A.B., Lincoln, N.B., das Nair, R., Hunt, N. (2014). Social… Continue reading Published!
Dont know how I missed this but Ive now achieved over 2000 views : ) Very Happy about this! I know i haven’t posted anything for a while but I am currently working on a regression tutorial, so keep an eye out for this. Thanks everyone Alex
I had my end of year review the other day. It was one of the scariest things I have ever had to do and generally made me feel ill. However, I’ve now had a couple of days to reflect on the experience and I feel that it was a major learning experience for me. I… Continue reading End of Year Review
Hi everyone, as promised heres a link to the poster I presented today… http://academia.edu/3794454/M_and_HS_faculty_research_forum_2013_-_systematic_review_protocol Go take a look and let me know what you think, I apologise in advance for it being a bit wordy, with this being a systematic review, I kind of had to get that across. This actually played to my advantage… Continue reading Medical and Health Sciences Graduate Research Forum (2)
Ok, first of all sorry I have been a little quiet lately I will try to post some more learning resources soon, however, I’ve had to prepare for some conferences, end of year reviews etc. Tomorrow, I will be presenting a research poster at the University of Nottingham’s Medical and Health Sciences Graduate Research Forum, this… Continue reading Medical and Health Sciences Graduate Research Forum
Possibly my least favourite part of what I do is searching for literature. Now dont get me wrong, I love finding new studies and learning something new, however, I hate the process of acquiring and finding studies. Im trying to bulk up my background literature search chapters of the very rough drafts of my thesis,… Continue reading Literature Searching
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