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Links by Topic

Surveys and Questionnaires

What is a Survey?
http://www.whatisasurvey.info/

Introduction to Survey Methodology and Design
http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/GPP/Students/ch10.html

Survey Research and Questionnaires
http://www.rds-eastmidlands.org.uk/resources/doc_download/11-surverys-and-questionnaires.html

Administrative Records

Administrative Data for Policy-Relevant Research
http://aspe.os.dhhs.gov/hsp/admin-data-for-policy98/report.pdf

Field Research

Qualitative Research
http://qualitativeresearch.ratcliffs.net/

Participant Observation
http://www2.chass.ncsu.edu/garson/pa765/particip.htm

Ethnography, Observational Research and Narrative Inquiry
http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/research/observe/index.cfm

Qualitative Methods Workbook
http://www.ship.edu/~cgboeree/qualmeth.html

An Introduction to Qualitative Research
http://faculty.uccb.ns.ca/pmacintyre/course_pages/MBA603/MBA603_files/IntroQualitativeResearch.pdf

Experiments

Experimental Design
http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/desexper.htm

Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Research
http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/research/experiment/index.cfm

An Introduction to Experimental Designs
http://www.rds-eastmidlands.org.uk/resources/doc_download/2-experimental-design.html

Descriptive Statistics

Online Textbook of Descriptive Statistics
http://www.statsoftinc.com/textbook/stathome.html

HyperStat Online: An Introduction to Statistics
http://davidmlane.com/hyperstat/

Analytical Techniques

Online Textbook of Analytic Statistics
http://www.statsoftinc.com/textbook/stathome.html

The Little Handbook of Statistics
http://www.tufts.edu/%7Egdallal/LHSP.HTM

Interpretive Techniques

A Flowchart for the Typical Process of Content Analysis Research
http://academic.csuohio.edu/kneuendorf/content/resources/flowc.htm

An Introduction to Qualitative Research
http://www.trentrdsu.org.uk/cms/uploads/Qualitative%20Research.pdf

General Information

Introduction to Data Collection and Analysis
http://www.deakin.edu.au/~agoodman/sci101/index.html

Introduction to Using Statistics in Research
https://courses.washington.edu/i570/au07_OLD/Readings/TrentFocusReadings/UsingStatisticsInResearch.pdf

Statistics at Square One
http://bmj.bmjjournals.com/statsbk/

Research Methods Knowledge Base
http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/index.htm

Statistics Every Writer Should Know
http://nilesonline.com/stats/

Practical Information About Conducting Research
http://www.4researchers.org