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Children’s understanding of well-being related questions: results of cognitive interviews in four European countries International Journal of Social Research Methodology (IF 3.468) Pub Date : 2024-04-11 Babarovic Toni, E Krpanec, M Blažev, I Dević, S Downey, I Huttunen, L Panico, Z Perron, A Santos, L. K Taylor, K Upadyaya, J Symonds, G Pollock
This paper presents the results of cognitive interviews with 8-year-old children from four European countries – Croatia, France, Finland, and Ireland. The aim of the interviews was to pre-test a se...
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Bridging ethnography and AI: a reciprocal methodology for studying visual political action International Journal of Social Research Methodology (IF 3.468) Pub Date : 2024-03-25 Vasileios Maltezos, Eeva Luhtakallio, Taina Meriluoto
This article proposes a methodological approach to address the analytical challenge of meaningfully studying visual politics in the current abundance of online image data. It proposes a novel metho...
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New-materialist bricolage: presenting an ontological position for qualitative internet-based research International Journal of Social Research Methodology (IF 3.468) Pub Date : 2024-03-15 Susan Flynn, Louise Caffrey, Kate Antosik-Parsons, Sinead Whiting, Julie Byrne, Catherine Conlon
The purpose of this paper is to make a novel contribution to new-materialist approaches, toward advancing existing ontological debates. We present a new-materialist bricolage method that was develo...
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Virtual focus groups on Zoom: “lessons learned” from two physical activity studies among Black and African American women and children International Journal of Social Research Methodology (IF 3.468) Pub Date : 2024-03-13 Amanda L. Folk, Stephanie M. Grace, Michael Urvig, Daheia J. Barr-Anderson
Black and/or African American (Black/AA) individuals have been historically excluded from research, but the recent uptick in Zoom as a platform for virtual focus groups may lead to increased inclus...
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The effectiveness of between-wave mailings and tailored material incentives on response rates: results from a young adolescent longitudinal survey International Journal of Social Research Methodology (IF 3.468) Pub Date : 2024-03-08 Roman Auriga, André Pirralha, Friederike Schlücker, Götz Lechner, Anna Passmann
Mailing campaigns are a way to keep longitudinal survey respondents engaged. While mailings usually include a survey answer request, sometimes respondents are contacted between-waves to update cont...
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Impact of survey item wording on reported tobacco use among youth: effect of adding ‘even one or two puffs’ to use questions International Journal of Social Research Methodology (IF 3.468) Pub Date : 2024-02-20 Benjamin W. Chaffee, Lauren M. Dutra, Candice D. Donaldson, Elizabeth T. Couch, Omara Farooq, Xueying Zhang, Stuart A. Gansky
Having ever used tobacco is a key surveillance metric. Existing tobacco use survey items differ in their inclusion of minimal use language, such as ‘even one or two puffs.’ This study aimed to quan...
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Combining Q methodology and interviews using mixed methods integration: an exemplar study exploring over-the-counter codeine misuse in Australia International Journal of Social Research Methodology (IF 3.468) Pub Date : 2024-02-15 Melissa Anne Kirschbaum, Tony Barnett, Merylin Cross
Q methodological studies often incorporate post-Q sort interviews to facilitate and enrich the interpretation of identified factors. This article describes a novel approach in which Q methodology a...
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How ‘co’ can you go? A qualitative inquiry on the key principles of co-creative research and their enactment in real-life practices International Journal of Social Research Methodology (IF 3.468) Pub Date : 2024-02-05 Octavia Kint, Daan Duppen, Geert Vandermeersche, An-Sofie Smetcoren, Liesbeth De Donder
This paper aims to gain a better understanding of co-creative research key principles and their enactment in real-life practices. The study is based on interviews and a focus group with academic re...
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‘Meta’ analysis: considerations when using Facebook within research and evaluation studies: a research note International Journal of Social Research Methodology (IF 3.468) Pub Date : 2024-02-02 Sarah Wallace, Mark Llewellyn
The use of social media platforms as a means of data collection for researchers is increasing. With the number of active users of Facebook across the globe exceeding two billion, the platform offer...
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What role can ‘public switching’ play in researching public perceptions of controversial issues? International Journal of Social Research Methodology (IF 3.468) Pub Date : 2024-01-30 Lynda Dunlop, Elizabeth A.C. Rushton, Sarah Clayton, Jane Essex, Joshua Stubbs, Maria Turkenburg-van Diepen
This short article reflects on ‘public switching’ as a methodology for research on public perspectives on potential responses to the climate crisis. There have been recent calls for early public en...
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Collaborating with children: intergenerational research encounters International Journal of Social Research Methodology (IF 3.468) Pub Date : 2024-01-21 Johanna Kiili, Tiina Lehto-Lundén, Johanna Moilanen, Sirpa Kannasoja, Kaisa Malinen
This article analyses intergenerational research encounters when collaborating with children. It contemplates the possibilities of applying participatory research methods in situations where the re...
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Linking survey with Twitter data: examining associations among smartphone usage, privacy concern and Twitter linkage consent International Journal of Social Research Methodology (IF 3.468) Pub Date : 2024-01-04 Shujun Liu, Luke Sloan, Tarek Al Baghal, Matthew Williams, Curtis Jessop, Paulo Serôdio
Linking survey and social media data has gained popularity. However, obtaining consent from respondents to link social media is a known challenge. Using data from a nationally representative survey...
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Plain language in web questionnaires: effects on data quality and questionnaire evaluation International Journal of Social Research Methodology (IF 3.468) Pub Date : 2023-12-25 Irina Bauer, Tanja Kunz, Tobias Gummer
In web surveys, no interviewer is present to clarify question comprehension problems, which can be particularly prevalent among respondents with low literacy skills. Although plain language is used...
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Editorial Note: Referees International Journal of Social Research Methodology (IF 3.468) Pub Date : 2023-12-28 Charlotte Brookfield, Iasonas Lamprianou, Jane Pulkingham, Benjamin Saunders
Published in International Journal of Social Research Methodology (Vol. 26, No. 6, 2023)
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The association between the interviewers’ and the respondents’ political attitudes in a telephone survey International Journal of Social Research Methodology (IF 3.468) Pub Date : 2023-12-13 Ádám Stefkovics
Interviewer effects in telephone surveys on political topics are likely to occur. The literature has yielded considerable evidence about the impact of basic interviewer characteristics, but researc...
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Exploring the practice of 10-11-year-olds as co-researchers: using a hybrid approach in educational research to promote children as interviewers International Journal of Social Research Methodology (IF 3.468) Pub Date : 2023-11-06 Michelle O’Reilly, Sarah Adams, Rachel Batchelor, Diane Levine
A critical analysis of the benefits and challenges of adopting a hybrid approach to conducting qualitative research in schools with children as co-researchers is presented. The study involved 18 ch...
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Integration of individuals with lived experience to improve recruitment within criminal justice research: ‘experience as the best teacher’ International Journal of Social Research Methodology (IF 3.468) Pub Date : 2023-11-03 Imani Randolph, Raven Simonds, Dalia Sharps, Jamala Wallace, Hannah Joseph, René Ropac, Tiffany Bergin
Research has documented numerous barriers to recruitment of marginalized individuals, including historic exploitation, distrust, and accessibility. Such challenges are commonly observed among racia...
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Five years later: lessons and insights from a longitudinal, mixed-methods study International Journal of Social Research Methodology (IF 3.468) Pub Date : 2023-11-01 Kacey Beddoes
Despite their many benefits, longitudinal studies are much less common than one-time data collection or pre-post intervention designs. One reason for their scarcity is that longitudinal studies int...
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The politics of researching a familiar field: research on youth unemployment in Daveyton township, South Africa International Journal of Social Research Methodology (IF 3.468) Pub Date : 2023-10-23 Siphelo Ngcwangu
This paper grapples with methodological issues related to ongoing debates on positionality and reflexivity by drawing on the author’s experience of conducting research in a culturally familiar fiel...
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First steps in qualitative secondary analysis: experiences of engaging with the primary research team International Journal of Social Research Methodology (IF 3.468) Pub Date : 2023-10-25 Annie Irvine
Engaging with primary researchers during qualitative secondary analysis is a practice much recommended but rarely written about. In this article, I reflect on my experience of crossing an imagined ...
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Reflecting on research at the interface of knowledge and the importance of decolonising transformational unlearning for non-Indigenous researchers International Journal of Social Research Methodology (IF 3.468) Pub Date : 2023-10-16 Emma George
Decolonising methodology requires that researchers engage in a process of learning and unlearning. This research on the inconsistent recognition of Indigenous rights and social determinants of Indi...
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Remote data collection in sociolinguistics: lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic International Journal of Social Research Methodology (IF 3.468) Pub Date : 2023-10-05 Annina Heini, Krzysztof Kredens
This article reports on our experience of collecting language data from informants in video-conferencing settings under a research design originally developed with face-to-face interactions in mind...
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Speculative methodological subjects International Journal of Social Research Methodology (IF 3.468) Pub Date : 2023-08-20 Mirka Koro, Anani Vasquez, Timothy Wells, Mariia Vitrukh, Jorge Sandoval
ABSTRACT Times of (post) health crisis, global unrest, and political turmoil, a reliance on conventional methods, which potentially lack radical imagination and future orientation, experimentation, and open-endedness, might not be enough. Furthermore, within the discourses of conventional qualitative inquiry, methodological subjects are often seen as overly pre-determined, singular, and static. In
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A 5-day codesign sprint to improve housing decisions of older adults: lessons learned from Sweden and the Netherlands International Journal of Social Research Methodology (IF 3.468) Pub Date : 2023-08-16 Susanna Nordin, Jodi Sturge, Louise Meijering, Marie Elf
ABSTRACT The use of codesign methods is becoming increasingly common practice to involve and engage research participants in health research. Through codesign, end-users and stakeholders can contribute their own perspectives and experiences to solve a common problem. This article describes how a 5-day codesign sprint can be used to find solutions to improve housing decisions of older adults. Based
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Attack the bot: Mode effects and the challenges of conducting a mixed-mode household survey during the Covid-19 pandemic International Journal of Social Research Methodology (IF 3.468) Pub Date : 2023-08-15 Edanur Yazici, Ying Wang
ABSTRACT Constant changes to COVID-19 restrictions have required adaptability from social scientists including responding to new challenges such as infiltration by bots. This research note presents unexpected encounters of bot infiltration and recruitment during survey data collection under pandemic conditions. The note draws from a household survey on a social housing estate in London, UK conducted
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Uncertainties in a time of changing research practices International Journal of Social Research Methodology (IF 3.468) Pub Date : 2023-08-09 Robert Meckin, Melanie Nind, Andy Coverdale
Published in International Journal of Social Research Methodology (Vol. 26, No. 5, 2023)
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Preventing satisficing: A narrative review International Journal of Social Research Methodology (IF 3.468) Pub Date : 2023-08-09 Danielle R. Blazek, Jason T. Siegel
ABSTRACT Social scientists have long agreed that satisficing behavior increases error and reduces the validity of survey data. There have been numerous reviews on detecting satisficing behavior, but preventing this behavior has received less attention. The current narrative review provides empirically supported guidance on preventing satisficing by combining insight from related research streams (e
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Consent through art: a critique of a visual method developed with peer-researchers in southern Nepal International Journal of Social Research Methodology (IF 3.468) Pub Date : 2023-08-08 Joanna Morrison, Awantika Priyadarshani, Abriti Arjyal
ABSTRACT Obtaining informed consent can be challenging during peer research when the boundaries between researcher and participant are blurred. We developed a novel visual consent method with illiterate artists in Nepal who conducted peer interviews in their communities. Artists discussed and sketched images related to ethical principles to create a visual consent form. This improved comprehension
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A meta-analysis of worldwide recruitment rates in 23 probability-based online panels, between 2007 and 2019 International Journal of Social Research Methodology (IF 3.468) Pub Date : 2023-08-04 Sebastian Kocar, Lars Kaczmirek
ABSTRACT This study is a meta-analysis of overall recruitment rate (ORR) in probability-based online panel research. In this study, we included 23 general population probability-based online panels (out of 28 identified and described) covering 15 countries and provided a comprehensive overview of their methodological approaches to recruitment. We calculated the average ORR and carried out a meta-regression
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The use of computer tablets in sociodemographic surveys under unfavorable field conditions – an application in land use and cover change studies in the Amazon International Journal of Social Research Methodology (IF 3.468) Pub Date : 2023-08-01 Álvaro de Oliveira D’Antona, José Diego Gobbo Alves
ABSTRACT We describe the use of tablet computers with ESRI Survey123 for data collection in sociodemographic surveys applied to land use and cover change studies. Based on the administration of 716 questionnaires during the expedition carried out in 2022 in 64 rural communities along the Rio Negro River, in the Brazilian Amazon, we evaluate the advantages of computer-aided personal interviewing (CAPI)
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Digital qualitative research workflows: a reflexivity framework for technological consequences International Journal of Social Research Methodology (IF 3.468) Pub Date : 2023-07-27 Trena M. Paulus, Jessica Nina Lester
ABSTRACT This paper introduces a framework for reflexively generating a digital research workflow; that is, a qualitative research design that intentionally considers the consequences of using digital tools and spaces in meaningful ways. This framework articulates how considering technological consequences should be, and already are, a part of engaging in methodological reflexivity. While there is
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Ethical and practical considerations for including marginalised groups in quantitative survey research International Journal of Social Research Methodology (IF 3.468) Pub Date : 2023-07-11 Mark Adley, Hayley Alderson, Katherine Jackson, William McGovern, Liam Spencer, Michelle Addison, Amy O’Donnell
ABSTRACT This paper considers the ethical and practical issues of recruiting for, and administering a quantitative survey with marginalised populations. These issues were identified through a focus group discussion, which consolidated and expanded upon informal conversations held previously by five researchers about their experiences of conducting a face-to-face survey (using predominantly quantitative
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Through the Zoom window: how children use virtual technologies to navigate power dynamics in research International Journal of Social Research Methodology (IF 3.468) Pub Date : 2023-07-03 Hannah Fechtel, Sienna Ruiz, Julie Spray, Erika A. Waters, James Shepperd, Jean Hunleth
ABSTRACT Virtual technologies gained popularity during the COVID-19 pandemic for use in research, including research with children. As scholarship from the field of science, technology and society (STS) suggests, technologies are never neutral, but embedded with social values and, as such, used by people to navigate identities and relationships. Building on childhood studies research that has shown
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Managing and minimizing online survey questionnaire fraud: lessons from the Triple C project International Journal of Social Research Methodology (IF 3.468) Pub Date : 2023-07-03 Aasli Abdi Nur, Christine Leibbrand, Sara R Curran, Elizabeth Votruba-Drzal, Christina Gibson-Davis
ABSTRACT With the increasing sophistication of online survey tools and the necessity of distanced research during the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of online questionnaires for research purposes has proliferated. Still, many researchers undertake online survey research without knowledge of the prevalence and likelihood of experiencing survey questionnaire fraud nor familiarity with measures used to identify
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Question order effects: how robust are survey measures on political solidarities with reference to Germany and Europe? International Journal of Social Research Methodology (IF 3.468) Pub Date : 2023-06-23 Jan Karem Höhne, Achim Goerres
The measurement of political solidarities and related concepts is an important endeavor in numerous scientific disciplines, such as political and social science research. European surveys, such as ...
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Parents’ perceptions of parental consent procedures for social science research in the school context International Journal of Social Research Methodology (IF 3.468) Pub Date : 2023-06-21 Thabo J van Woudenberg, Esther Rozendaal, Moniek Buijzen
ABSTRACT Typically, parents or other legal guardians are asked for an active declaration that the participation of their child in scientific research is informed and voluntary. However, asking for active parental consent leads to lower quality studies and passive parental consent might be preferable. In this study, we used an online survey in which parents (N = 156) watched video vignettes of multiple
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On investigating phenomena without losing sight of them: The dialectics of observation and the phenomenological gaze in a kindergarten setting International Journal of Social Research Methodology (IF 3.468) Pub Date : 2023-06-12 Jorunn Spord Borgen, Gunn Engelsrud
ABSTRACT In this article, the authors address some of the scientific challenges associated with using observation as a research method. The authors ask how researchers contextualise and understand observation in terms of its theoretical underpinnings and how it is conducted. Using a vignette in the kindergarten context, the authors explore how observation as a research method requires theoretical reflection
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Between life course research and social history: new approaches to qualitative data in the British birth cohort studies International Journal of Social Research Methodology (IF 3.468) Pub Date : 2023-06-09 JD Carpentieri, Laura Carter, Chris Jeppesen
ABSTRACT This article discusses a new interdisciplinary, mixed-methods approach to using data from the first British Birth Cohort Study, the National Survey of Health and Development (NSHD, 1946). It emerges from a collaboration between two historians of postwar Britain and a mixed-methods life course studies researcher. Our approach brings together cohort-level quantitative data with less well-known
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Decolonising participatory research: can Ubuntu philosophy contribute something? International Journal of Social Research Methodology (IF 3.468) Pub Date : 2023-05-18 T Marovah, O Mutanga
ABSTRACT This paper investigates the potential of Ubuntu philosophy for decolonising Participatory Research (PR) in the Global South, addressing power imbalances and research process challenges. Despite PR's focus on community involvement, it can perpetuate practices contradicting its principles, hence the rise of 'decolonising research' for fair, respectful researcher-community relationships and meaningful
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Participation or direction? Dilemmas in utilising participatory methods International Journal of Social Research Methodology (IF 3.468) Pub Date : 2023-04-18 Peter Davies
ABSTRACT This paper will explore the dichotomy of direction and stimulus through a reflection on arts-based methods used in a research study into post-industrial communities in South Wales and consider whether in participatory processes, a catalyst for artistic creativity could become construed as researcher-led control over the activities. Through an examination of the methods and outcomes of the
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Comparing the mobilising effects of in-person canvassing to postal reminders – experimental evidence from a longitudinal election study International Journal of Social Research Methodology (IF 3.468) Pub Date : 2023-03-23 Jonas Elis, Achim Goerres, Sabrina J. Mayer, Dennis C. Spies
ABSTRACT For hard-to-survey populations such as ethnic minorities and immigrants, increasing survey response rates is a crucial element of the fieldwork as these populations often show a higher likelihood of not participating compared with the native population. However, no study has so far compared different strategies for mobilisation within this group. Using data from the Immigrant German Election
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Critical ethical reflexivity (CER) in feminist narrative inquiry: reflections from cis researchers doing social work research with trans and non-binary people International Journal of Social Research Methodology (IF 3.468) Pub Date : 2023-03-13 Michaela Rogers, Claire brown
ABSTRACT This paper explores issues of reflexivity and knowledge production when cisgender researchers conduct social work research, using feminist narrative methods, to advance understanding about trans and non-binary people’s identities and experiences. Cisgender (or ‘cis’) refers to people who identify with the gender identity assigned to them at birth. The paper examines cis identity, privilege
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‘For Want of a Nail’: developing a transparent approach to retroduction and early initial programme theory development in a realist evaluation of community end of life care services International Journal of Social Research Methodology (IF 3.468) Pub Date : 2023-03-12 Kathryn McEwan, Melissa Girling, Angela Bate, Joanne Atkinson, Amanda Clarke, Sonia Dalkin
ABSTRACT A crucial part of theory-driven realist thinking is retroduction, the process of looking backwards for explanation of how and why things may be. Conducted early in the realist evaluation process, it provides a foundation for evidenced ‘theory gleaning’. Despite retroduction being an inherent part of the realist process, it is often ‘hidden’ in realist reports. This paper explains the thinking
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Computational vs. qualitative: analyzing different approaches in identifying networked frames during the Covid-19 crisis International Journal of Social Research Methodology (IF 3.468) Pub Date : 2023-03-09 Hossein Kermani, Alireza Bayat Makou, Amirali Tafreshi, Amir Mohamad Ghodsi, Ali Atashzar, Ali Nojoumi
ABSTRACT Despite the increasing adaption of automated text analysis in communication studies, its strengths and weaknesses in framing analysis are so far unknown. Fewer efforts have been made to automatic detection of networked frames. Drawing on the recent developments in this field, we harness a comparative exploration, using Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) and a human-driven qualitative coding
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Considerations for conducting online focus groups on sensitive topics International Journal of Social Research Methodology (IF 3.468) Pub Date : 2023-03-06 Tanja Samardzic, Christine Wildman, Paula C. Barata, Mavis Morton
ABSTRACT In response to concerns about the use of online focus groups, particularly around sensitive topics research, we provide two case examples of sensitive topics research that pivoted to online focus groups amid university ethics restrictions due to COVID-19 concerns. We begin by contextualizing the studies, one of which used the more traditional focus group method while the other employed a mix
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Considerations for relational research methods for use in Indigenous contexts: implications for sustainable development International Journal of Social Research Methodology (IF 3.468) Pub Date : 2023-03-06 Marcellus F. Mbah, Megan Bailey, Ayesha Shingruf
ABSTRACT Research has oftentimes been carried out in Indigenous communities for the sole benefit of the western researcher. As a result, feelings of distrust toward researchers and research institutions have become prevalent among Indigenous peoples. However, this distrust can be resolved through the use of research approaches and methods that reflect Indigenous perspectives, beliefs, and values and
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An alternative approach to create and deploy discrete choice experiments International Journal of Social Research Methodology (IF 3.468) Pub Date : 2023-02-26 Timothy Robert Silberg, R. B. Richardson, M. C. Lopez, M. Grisotti
ABSTRACT Discrete Choice Experiments (DCEs) are widely used in behavioral sciences to examine how humans value attributes of a technology, how those values drive decisions, and how they make trade-offs. The method has increasingly been used to inform technologies and interventions for addressing critical issues (e.g. disease and hunger). Different formats and symbols are used to deliver DCEs and represent
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Conducting qualitative interviews via VoIP technologies: reflections on rapport, technology, digital exclusion, and ethics International Journal of Social Research Methodology (IF 3.468) Pub Date : 2023-02-26 Livia Tomás, Ophélie Bidet
ABSTRACT Qualitative research has been strongly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighting the possibilities that Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technologies such as Skype, WhatsApp, and Zoom offer to qualitative scholars. Based on the experience of using such technologies to collect qualitative data for our PhD studies, we present how we dealt with the challenges of this interview mode.
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Ethics, rigour and agility of research and evaluation methods in a changing social and clinical context: Reflections from a psychosocial research centre on the implications of the COVID-19 pandemic International Journal of Social Research Methodology (IF 3.468) Pub Date : 2023-02-26 Kate Morton, Lynn Calman, Chloe Grimmett, David Wright, Helen White, Julie Young, Eloise Radcliffe, Claire Foster
ABSTRACT The Centre for Psychosocial Research in Cancer conducts world-leading research and service evaluations to support well-being and quality of life amongst those affected by cancer. This paper reflects on how we adapted our research management and study methods during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the implications for ongoing research practice. We use four case studies to consider the benefits and
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Agent-based modelling as a method for prediction in complex social systems International Journal of Social Research Methodology (IF 3.468) Pub Date : 2023-02-22 Corinna Elsenbroich, J. Gareth Polhill
ABSTRACT Agent-based models (ABMs) have their origins in considerations of complexity science stipulating that many phenomena can be ‘grown from the bottom up’. Explicitly, this was expressed in Epstein & Axtell’s (1996) Growing Artificial Societies as the change from ‘Can you explain it?’ to ‘Can you grow it?’. In 2008, Epstein published an article entitled Why Model? in which he discussed his exasperation
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Impacts of cultural factors and mode of administration on item nonresponse for political questions in the European context International Journal of Social Research Methodology (IF 3.468) Pub Date : 2023-02-19 Ondřej Klíma, Martin Lakomý, Ekaterina Volevach
ABSTRACT We tested the impacts of Hofstede’s cultural factors and mode of administration on item nonresponse (INR) for political questions in the European Values Study (EVS). We worked with the integrated European Values Study dataset, using descriptive analysis and multilevel binary logistic regression models. We concluded that (1) modes of administration with an interviewer lead to an INR lower than
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Visibilising hidden realities and uncertainties: the ‘post-covid’ move towards decolonized and ethical field research practices International Journal of Social Research Methodology (IF 3.468) Pub Date : 2023-02-20 Oscar Abedi Dunia, Maria Eriksson Baaz, Anju Oseema Maria Toppo, Swati Parashar, Mats Utas, James B.M. Vincent
ABSTRACT This article seeks to move beyond the Euro/North-centrism recurrent in methodological discussions on what we may learn from the COVID-19 pandemic. Such debates often centre on uncertainty and involuntary immobility – aspects which are hardly new for many researchers. In this article, we argue that the pandemic offers an opportunity to rethink research relations between what we term ‘contracting
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Equitable North-South partnerships for ethical and policy relevant research in times of uncertainty: a collaborative autoethnography from Ethiopia International Journal of Social Research Methodology (IF 3.468) Pub Date : 2023-02-09 Louise Yorke, Janice Heejin Kim, Belay Hagos Hailu, Chanie Ejigu Berhie
ABSTRACT This paper considers the contribution of North-South partnerships in conducting ethical and policy-relevant research in times of uncertainty. Using collaborative autoethnography, we critically reflect on our experience conducting two related research projects in Ethiopia during the COVID-19 pandemic. We discuss how our research has adapted to take account of changing policy priorities in response
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A collaborative research manifesto! An early career response to uncertainties International Journal of Social Research Methodology (IF 3.468) Pub Date : 2023-02-09 Ned Barker, Aneeza Pervez, Michel Wahome, Alison R. McKinlay, Nidal Al Haj Sleiman, Phillip Harniess, Nikolett Puskás, Duy Mac, Mohammed A. Almazrouei, Chinonso Ezenwajiaku, Anthony Isiwele, Nuoya Tan, Michael D’aprix, Athina Petsou, Jake Love Soper
ABSTRACT Social researchers have been adapting methods and practices in response to COVID-19. In the wake of these adaptations, but still in the midst of intersecting crises that the pandemic has exacerbated or shifted (e.g. health-social-political-economic), researchers face a future suffused with methodological uncertainties. This paper presents a Collaborative Research Manifesto that responds to
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Feeling our way: methodological explorations on researching touch through uncertainty International Journal of Social Research Methodology (IF 3.468) Pub Date : 2023-02-07 Carey Jewitt, Ned Barker, Lili Golmohammadi
ABSTRACT This paper argues that methodological uncertainty, such as that experienced by the social research community through the COVID-19 pandemic (2020–2022) is, and has always been, a vital part of the research landscape. Whilst recognising the many damaging effects of the uncertainties of the pandemic on research and researchers, we home in on the potential of the challenges raised by uncertainty
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Consent to data linkage for different data domains – the role of question order, question wording, and incentives International Journal of Social Research Methodology (IF 3.468) Pub Date : 2023-02-06 Christoph Beuthner, Bernd Weiß, Henning Silber, Florian Keusch, Jette Schröder
ABSTRACT As our modern world has become increasingly digitalized, various types of data from different data domains are available that can enrich survey data. To link survey data to other sources, consent from the survey respondents is required. This article compares consent to data linkage requests for seven data domains: administrative data, smartphone usage data, bank data, biomarkers, Facebook
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Research practices for a pandemic and an uncertain future: synthesis of the learning among the social research community 2020–2022 International Journal of Social Research Methodology (IF 3.468) Pub Date : 2023-02-06 Melanie Nind, Andy Coverdale, Robert Meckin
ABSTRACT This paper synthesises a large dataset on how social research methods and practices have been adapted or designed for use within pandemic conditions and a climate of crisis and uncertainty. The data were generated through two rapid evidence reviews of the methodological literature and in dialogue with social researchers in online knowledge exchange workshops. The authors apply the concepts
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Whose uncertainty? Learning disability research in a time of COVID-19 International Journal of Social Research Methodology (IF 3.468) Pub Date : 2023-02-06 Sara Ryan, Magdalena Mikulak, Chris Hatton
ABSTRACT UK government responses to COVID-19 have intensified experiences of uncertainty for people with learning disabilities. The pandemic has eroded the support people receive, previously weakened by austerity measures. In research, COVID-19 related uncertainty has led to some reworking of methods and intensive contingency planning. This was to fulfil funding requirements and was underpinned by
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Causation in complex systems where human agency is in play International Journal of Social Research Methodology (IF 3.468) Pub Date : 2023-02-02 David Byrne
ABSTRACT Conventional approaches to causation in the social sciences draw on approaches in the Philosophy of Science in which a causal force acts on cases and generates change in the form of events. This relies on just one of the Aristotelian conceptions of cause – efficient cause – what brings the effect in to being. We should also pay attention to Final Cause – purpose and Formal cause, what makes
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Using whatsApp video call to reach large survey sample of low-income children during covid-19: a mixed method post-hoc analysis International Journal of Social Research Methodology (IF 3.468) Pub Date : 2023-01-30 Esther C L Goh, Nur Hafizah Binte Rafie
ABSTRACT This paper is a post hoc analysis and critical reflection of an unplanned methodology change made in the face of the unforeseen disruption brought by Covid-19 pandemic to a longitudinal study on children (N=462) from low-income families in Singapore. The research team was thrown into a state of intense ambivalence between waiting for life to come back to normal so that face-to-face survey