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Research design provides the glue that holds the research project together. A design is used to structure the research, to show how all of the major parts of the research project -- the samples or groups, measures, treatments or programs, and methods of assignment -- work together to try to address the central research questions.

This wiki collects information about tools and resources that can help scholars (particularly in the humanities and social sciences) conduct research more efficiently or creatively. Whether you need software to help you manage citations, author a multimedia work, or analyze texts, Digital Research Tools will help you find what you're looking for. We provide a directory of tools organized by research activity, as well as reviews of select tools in which we not only describe the tool's features, but also explore how it might be employed most effectively by researchers.

Welcome! This website is for people involved in applied social research and evaluation. You'll find lots of resources and links to other locations on the Web that deal in applied social research methods.

supporting researchers with online discussions about research methods and courses

use this page to navigate to a number of the resources posted as bookmarks in the diigo medical education research group.

The hub for the ESRC funded national centre for research methods is based in Southampton, the nodes are located around the country and listed here

Overviews galore on many many research methods.

Hub based at University of Southampton. "Nodes" elsewhere all working together to improve the standards of research methods.

This links to an email list serve on Med Ed research that I find useful

In most social research the data analysis involves three major steps, done in roughly this order: Cleaning and organizing the data for analysis (Data Preparation) Describing the data (Descriptive Statistics) Testing Hypotheses and Models (Inferential Statistics)

Our on-line multilevel modelling course is now available: 'LEMMA' (The Learning Environment for Multilevel Methodology and Applications) contains a set of graduated modules starting from an introduction to quantitative research progressing to multilevel modelling of continuous data.

CONTEXT In education, tests are primarily used for assessment, thus permitting teachers to assess the efficacy of their curriculum and to assign grades. However, research in cognitive psychology has shown that tests can also directly affect learning by promoting better retention of information, a phenomenon known as the testing effect.

A UK learning module about critically appraising research studies.

A manual specifically for medical research evaluation. Sponsored by a pharmaceutical company so may have issues.

research methods courses