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The department of Sociology at the University of Surrey has a range of one, two and three day courses in social research methods coming up this year. These are led my expert methodologists working in or affiliated to the department. Click on the links for more information and to book.
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Introduction to NVivo 12 for qualitative and mixed methods analysis Patsy Clark
http://bit.ly/NVivoIntroJan20<https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FNVivoIntroJan20&data=02%7C01%7Cr.meadows%40surrey.ac.uk%7Ca324841421c84cdbd9d808d795c2deb4%7C6b902693107440aa9e21d89446a2ebb5%7C0%7C1%7C637142536550813223&sdata=EHcaIRF6Zan2WuU4TWzJWvo3uG%2FnzcyTJeVhDYWHvxI%3D&reserved=0>
This two day workshop provides a comprehensive overview of NVivo and an opportunity for participants to practice tasks using their own data. The focus is on gaining confidence in setting up a project efficiently, managing and organising data, exploring and conceptualising data and interrogating and visualising data.
9.45am - 4.15pm, Wednesday 29th January - Thursday 30th January 2020
Audio-visual and textual analysis using Transana Christina Silver
http://bit.ly/TransanaJan20<https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FTransanaJan20&data=02%7C01%7Cr.meadows%40surrey.ac.uk%7Ca324841421c84cdbd9d808d795c2deb4%7C6b902693107440aa9e21d89446a2ebb5%7C0%7C1%7C637142536550813223&sdata=P5Z9jfxpF%2BGePrPnJ3TDMiTec7kNFZPuD6OCMOrOH%2FE%3D&reserved=0>
Transana is software to facilitate the transcription, management and analysis of digital video, audio, still image, and text data, providing a range of sophisticated tools. This one day workshop provides a comprehensive overview of Transana and an opportunity for participants to practice tasks using sample data. The focus is on gaining confidence in setting up a project efficiently, managing and organising data, exploring and conceptualising data and interrogating and visualising data.
9.45am - 4.15pm, Friday 31st January 2020
Agent-based Modelling for the Social Scientist Corinna Elsenbroich
http://bit.ly/agentmodellingFeb20<https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FagentmodellingFeb20&data=02%7C01%7Cr.meadows%40surrey.ac.uk%7Ca324841421c84cdbd9d808d795c2deb4%7C6b902693107440aa9e21d89446a2ebb5%7C0%7C1%7C637142536550823218&sdata=%2F1yapL2PKvc1lrl%2FbsG2gHn40qmCSjj5KcwVKoFEQes%3D&reserved=0>
Simulating social interactions in virtual labs using ABM is increasingly allowing researchers to gain new insights into the complex ways that societies function. This course introduces the foundational theoretical and practical aspects of this approach.
9:00am - 5:00pm, Monday 10 February - Wednesday 12 February 2020
Practical Survey Design and Web-based Methods Rob Meadows/Patten Smith et al
http://bit.ly/surveydesignFeb20<https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FsurveydesignFeb20&data=02%7C01%7Cr.meadows%40surrey.ac.uk%7Ca324841421c84cdbd9d808d795c2deb4%7C6b902693107440aa9e21d89446a2ebb5%7C0%7C1%7C637142536550823218&sdata=vgZNaZxRE4Ryn%2BLP%2FjRDuil8Tx5D3Yd%2BkDFe%2FocCdNg%3D&reserved=0>
This course introduces participants to the general principles of survey design, before considering some of the central challenges facing survey methodology in the move to online data collection.
9:00am - 5:00pm, Monday 17 February - Wednesday 19 February 2020
Statistical Modelling in R Ian Brunton-Smith
http://bit.ly/statsmodellingusingR<https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FstatsmodellingusingR&data=02%7C01%7Cr.meadows%40surrey.ac.uk%7Ca324841421c84cdbd9d808d795c2deb4%7C6b902693107440aa9e21d89446a2ebb5%7C0%7C1%7C637142536550833211&sdata=ZeQb8rsJ44eDUnE3WFrzZwpeQuGzr1pJPU6saAUYd0w%3D&reserved=0>
This course will demonstrate how quantitative analysis techniques can be used to leverage large scale data sources and answer complex questions about the social world.
9:00am - 5:00pm, Monday 24 February - Wednesday 26 February 2020
Online Social Research Christine Hine
http://bit.ly/OnlineResearchMarch20<https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FOnlineResearchMarch20&data=02%7C01%7Cr.meadows%40surrey.ac.uk%7Ca324841421c84cdbd9d808d795c2deb4%7C6b902693107440aa9e21d89446a2ebb5%7C0%7C1%7C637142536550833211&sdata=TKpjdfK6D9smSYSgaNlWoNQIIwVgVZKEnoXAdd3mp7I%3D&reserved=0>
This course is designed to give you an introduction to online social research, covering a range of qualitative and quantitative methods for collecting and analysing online data and for exploring digital social phenomena.
9:00am - 5:00pm, Monday 2 March - Wednesday 4 March 2020
Introduction to ATLAS.ti for qualitative and mixed-methods analysis Christina Silver
http://bit.ly/ATLAStiMarch20<https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FATLAStiMarch20&data=02%7C01%7Cr.meadows%40surrey.ac.uk%7Ca324841421c84cdbd9d808d795c2deb4%7C6b902693107440aa9e21d89446a2ebb5%7C0%7C1%7C637142536550843208&sdata=J%2FkfnDe2SPII29QS12it4iAHX8DZnW5ObCNGghi67zU%3D&reserved=0>
ATLAS.ti is a powerful tool for managing and analysing qualitative data, including text, video, audio, image and social media content. This one day workshop provides a comprehensive overview of ATLAS.ti and an opportunity for participants to practice tasks using their own data. The focus is on gaining confidence in setting up a project efficiently, managing and organising data, exploring and conceptualising data and interrogating and visualising data.
9.45am - 4.15pm, Friday 6th March 2020
Discourse Analysis Maria Xenitidou
http://bit.ly/DiscourseAnalysisMarch20<https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FDiscourseAnalysisMarch20&data=02%7C01%7Cr.meadows%40surrey.ac.uk%7Ca324841421c84cdbd9d808d795c2deb4%7C6b902693107440aa9e21d89446a2ebb5%7C0%7C1%7C637142536550853199&sdata=NlL%2BTXmn5PIa1ucOmkfUb0y8ULm0jffhm1EJnX1ONk0%3D&reserved=0>
This course provides an in-depth introduction to the main approaches to discourse analysis methods, combining theory with hands on analysis.
9:00am - 5:00pm, Monday 9 March - Wednesday 11 March 2020
Multilevel Modelling for Social Scientists Ian Brunton-Smith
http://bit.ly/MultiLevelModellingMarch20<https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FMultiLevelModellingMarch20&data=02%7C01%7Cr.meadows%40surrey.ac.uk%7Ca324841421c84cdbd9d808d795c2deb4%7C6b902693107440aa9e21d89446a2ebb5%7C0%7C1%7C637142536550853199&sdata=COUTdGWdTiO2YELZwUY2QzvcM1Xaqa8pLUd9gqlQv6A%3D&reserved=0>
This course provides a thorough discussion of multilevel models and demonstrates how they can be deployed to answer social science questions.
9:00am - 5:00pm, Monday 16 March - Wednesday 18 March 2020
Participatory Systems Mapping Pete Barbrook-Johnson & Alex Penn
http://bit.ly/SystemsMappingMarch20<https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FSystemsMappingMarch20&data=02%7C01%7Cr.meadows%40surrey.ac.uk%7Ca324841421c84cdbd9d808d795c2deb4%7C6b902693107440aa9e21d89446a2ebb5%7C0%7C1%7C637142536550863196&sdata=mosBRZDOL6oDA1DxDejuMn0Jf9IIyKkL2M543v%2BId0c%3D&reserved=0>
This course will introduce participants to the innovative participatory systems mapping methodology being developed by researchers in the Centre for the Evaluation of Complexity Across the Nexus, allowing researchers to bring together diverse knowledge and stakeholders to construct shared causal maps of an issue or system.
9:00am - 5:00pm, Monday 23 March - Wednesday 25 March 2020
Introduction to NVivo 12 for qualitative and mixed methods analysis Patsy Clark
http://bit.ly/NVivoMarch20<https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FNVivoMarch20&data=02%7C01%7Cr.meadows%40surrey.ac.uk%7Ca324841421c84cdbd9d808d795c2deb4%7C6b902693107440aa9e21d89446a2ebb5%7C0%7C0%7C637142536550863196&sdata=FTV7QFBx%2B6EU%2FDG8O%2FPAE%2F467DXFNeld8XGaK%2BHT7cw%3D&reserved=0>
This two day workshop provides a comprehensive overview of NVivo and an opportunity for participants to practice tasks using their own data. The focus is on gaining confidence in setting up a project efficiently, managing and organising data, exploring and conceptualising data and interrogating and visualising data.
9.45am - 4.15pm, Wednesday 2 - Thursday 30th January 2020
Complex Social Systems Corinna Elsenbroich
http://bit.ly/ComplexSystemsApril20<https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FComplexSystemsApril20&data=02%7C01%7Cr.meadows%40surrey.ac.uk%7Ca324841421c84cdbd9d808d795c2deb4%7C6b902693107440aa9e21d89446a2ebb5%7C0%7C0%7C637142536550873190&sdata=oKmQM2hQ%2FD5xYQJVUleD5cXpN1w9grr3bZSAyPhhzrA%3D&reserved=0>
Complexity social science represents an important new suite of methods that moves researchers beyond the traditional reliance on quantitative or qualitative approaches. This course introduces participants to complex social systems for policy research.
9:00am - 5:00pm, Monday 27 April - Wednesday 29 April 2020
MAXQDA Introductory Training Sarah Bulloch
http://bit.ly/MAXQDAApril20<https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FMAXQDAApril20&data=02%7C01%7Cr.meadows%40surrey.ac.uk%7Ca324841421c84cdbd9d808d795c2deb4%7C6b902693107440aa9e21d89446a2ebb5%7C0%7C0%7C637142536550873190&sdata=z%2FF4RRfFVs0qkaZNcl2q3ijDxMVFNyFz3LbvlFQYrO8%3D&reserved=0>
MAXQDA is a powerful software for the qualitative and mixed-methods analysis of text, audio, video, survey and social media data. This two day workshop provides a comprehensive overview of MAXQDA and an opportunity for participants to practice tasks using their own data. The focus is on gaining confidence in setting up a project efficiently, managing and organising data, exploring and conceptualising data and interrogating and visualising data.
9.45am - 4.15pm, Thursday 30th April - Friday 1st May
Social Network Analysis Giulia Berlusconi
http://bit.ly/SocialNetworkAnalysisMay20<https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FSocialNetworkAnalysisMay20&data=02%7C01%7Cr.meadows%40surrey.ac.uk%7Ca324841421c84cdbd9d808d795c2deb4%7C6b902693107440aa9e21d89446a2ebb5%7C0%7C0%7C637142536550883177&sdata=8GCsQicQphcSjJA%2BmhkaJVcVeSiJkogiDXWviRh3AF8%3D&reserved=0>
This course introduces you to various concepts, methods, and applications of social network analysis drawn from the social sciences.
9:00am - 5:00pm, Monday 4 May - Thursday 6 May 2020
Computer-assisted Qualitative and Mixed Methods Data Analysis: NVivo Christina Silver & Sarah Bulloch
http://bit.ly/HarnessingNVivoMay20<https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FHarnessingNVivoMay20&data=02%7C01%7Cr.meadows%40surrey.ac.uk%7Ca324841421c84cdbd9d808d795c2deb4%7C6b902693107440aa9e21d89446a2ebb5%7C0%7C0%7C637142536550883177&sdata=KKGafYfFSPjgujg0%2BO4rH%2FchJrGkuX%2BssRCEwD5ECsc%3D&reserved=0>
This course provides a comprehensive overview of the role of NVivo in the analytic workflow, its architecture and available tools, and instruction in how to harness it powerfully for analytic tasks.
9:00am - 5:00pm, Monday 11 May - Wednesday 13 May 2020
Introduction to ATLAS.ti for qualitative and mixed-methods analysis Sarah Bulloch
http://bit.ly/ATLASMay20<https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FATLASMay20&data=02%7C01%7Cr.meadows%40surrey.ac.uk%7Ca324841421c84cdbd9d808d795c2deb4%7C6b902693107440aa9e21d89446a2ebb5%7C0%7C0%7C637142536550893177&sdata=E5sTiOzKbUK1C0EW%2B35gbOI0VCWLq%2F81Xu15%2FGKqPoY%3D&reserved=0>
ATLAS.ti is a powerful tool for managing and analysing qualitative data, including text, video, audio, image and social media content. This one day workshop provides a comprehensive overview of ATLAS.ti and an opportunity for participants to practice tasks using their own data. The focus is on gaining confidence in setting up a project efficiently, managing and organising data, exploring and conceptualising data and interrogating and visualising data.
9.45am - 4.15pm, Wednesday 27th May, 2020
Introduction to NVivo 12 for qualitative and mixed methods analysis Sarah Bulloch
http://bit.ly/NVivoJune20<https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FNVivoJune20&data=02%7C01%7Cr.meadows%40surrey.ac.uk%7Ca324841421c84cdbd9d808d795c2deb4%7C6b902693107440aa9e21d89446a2ebb5%7C0%7C0%7C637142536550893177&sdata=1WzeEZ1R1vtpVkaxStU4h7MC4fiQRExOY9qHhgY5EKc%3D&reserved=0>
This two day workshop provides a comprehensive overview of NVivo and an opportunity for participants to practice tasks using their own data. The focus is on gaining confidence in setting up a project efficiently, managing and organising data, exploring and conceptualising data and interrogating and visualising data.
9.45am - 4.15pm, Wednesday 3rd - Thursday 4th June 2020
NVivo Advanced Support Workshop Christina Silver
http://bit.ly/NVivoAdvancedJun20<https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2FNVivoAdvancedJun20&data=02%7C01%7Cr.meadows%40surrey.ac.uk%7Ca324841421c84cdbd9d808d795c2deb4%7C6b902693107440aa9e21d89446a2ebb5%7C0%7C0%7C637142536550903170&sdata=SqIfLmvFgrFwYMa3XgTFzDMlx2K0MTeWZy5x7KwAEbo%3D&reserved=0>
This workshop is flexibly structured to discuss common challenges of working with NVivo and aims to enable participants to move on with their analysis. It is designed for researchers who have previously attended an introductory training workshop in NVivo and/or who have been using the software for a real project for some time. The day comprises discussion, demonstration and hands-on sessions and combines group and individual work. We refresh straightforward uses of software tools and cover more sophisticated uses of tools as required. Participants bring copies of their own NVivo projects to work with during the day and there will be an opportunity for each participant to talk with the Tutor about their own work.
9.45am - 4.15pm, Friday 5th June, 2020
Dr Rob Meadows FHEA
Department of Sociology
University of Surrey
Sociology of sleep: https://www.surrey.ac.uk/sociology-of-sleep
ORCHID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9165-1305
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