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
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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]
http://www.disres.umb.edu/weitzman.php
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NERI
is
proud to announce the launch of a new website for the
OBSSR called e-Source: Behavioral and Social Sciences Research
Interactive Textbook.
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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.
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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.
- Determining Appropriate
Methods
John B. McKinlay, PhD
- The Concept of
‘Science’ in the Social Sciences
Jeffrey Coulter, PhD
- Theory Development and
Construction
Stephen Turner, PhD
- Concepts in Sample Surveys
Sarah M. Nusser, PhD and Michael D. Larsen, PhD
- Principles of Social
Survey Data Collection
Stephen Woodland
- Administrative Data
Systems in Research on Health and Aging
Vincent Mor, PhD
- A Reporting Checklist for
Observational Studies
Richard Berk, PhD
- Using Qualitative Methods
to Study Health and Illness
David Silverman, PhD
- Conversation Analysis as
an Approach to the Medical Encounter
John Heritage, PhD
- Integrating Software and
Qualitative Analysis
Eben Weitzman, PhD
- Clinical Trials
Duolao Wang, PhD and Ameet Bakhai, MD, MRCP
- Cluster Unit Randomized
Trials
Allan Donner, PhD
- Multilevel Modeling: A
Conceptual and Methodological Overview
S. V. Subramanian, PhD
- (In development, coming
soon) Operationalizing, Measuring and Defining Psychosocial Variables
Keith Widaman, PhD
- (In development, coming
soon) Ensuring Conceptual and Cultural Equivalence
- From Quality of Life to
Patient-Reported Outcomes
Donald L. Patrick, PhD and Gordon Guyatt, PhD