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Members of this list may be interested in the (free) online methods text announced below. There are several chapters on qualitative methods, and the rest of the text may be of interest to many of you as well. Best wishes, -Eben ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Eben Weitzman, Ph.D. Graduate Programs in Dispute Resolution & Public Policy Ph.D. Program University of Massachusetts Boston 100 Morrissey Blvd. Boston, MA 02125-3393 Phone: (617)287-7238 Fax: (617)287-7412 Email: [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]> http://www.disres.umb.edu/weitzman.php <http://www.disres.umb.edu/weitzman.php> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NERI is proud to announce the launch of a new website for the OBSSR called e-Source: Behavioral and Social Sciences Research Interactive Textbook. ----------------- e-Source is an interactive, online anthology on research methods and tools for researchers engaging in BSS research on health-related topics. The textbook was created through a contract from the Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research. Recognized international experts in their fields were enlisted to author the 14 chapters for this site. This website aims to: * Demonstrate the potential of BSS research to enhance biomedical research, * Serve as a resource center for the most current and high quality BSS research methods; * Reveal how to easily and efficiently obtain authoritative answers to methodological questions, and * Identify consistent and rigorous quality standards for the research community. -------------------- Visit the e-Source site and experience it yourself at http://www.esourceresearch.org/ . No login is necessary to gain access to the entire book. 1. Determining Appropriate Methods John B. McKinlay, PhD 2. The Concept of 'Science' in the Social Sciences Jeffrey Coulter, PhD 3. Theory Development and Construction Stephen Turner, PhD 4. Concepts in Sample Surveys Sarah M. Nusser, PhD and Michael D. Larsen, PhD 5. Principles of Social Survey Data Collection Stephen Woodland 6. Administrative Data Systems in Research on Health and Aging Vincent Mor, PhD 7. A Reporting Checklist for Observational Studies Richard Berk, PhD 8. Using Qualitative Methods to Study Health and Illness David Silverman, PhD 9. Conversation Analysis as an Approach to the Medical Encounter John Heritage, PhD 10. Integrating Software and Qualitative Analysis Eben Weitzman, PhD 11. Clinical Trials Duolao Wang, PhD and Ameet Bakhai, MD, MRCP 12. Cluster Unit Randomized Trials Allan Donner, PhD 13. Multilevel Modeling: A Conceptual and Methodological Overview S. V. Subramanian, PhD 14. (In development, coming soon) Operationalizing, Measuring and Defining Psychosocial Variables Keith Widaman, PhD 15. (In development, coming soon) Ensuring Conceptual and Cultural Equivalence 16. From Quality of Life to Patient-Reported Outcomes Donald L. Patrick, PhD and Gordon Guyatt, PhD