What is... ?
A regular series of lunch-time talks which provide short, accessible introductory guides to key research methods. These talks are ideal for research students — or their supervisors — who want to find out what the method does and whether it might be useful in their research. They will also be of interest to any member of staff who is curious to find out about a new method.
The next series of talks are listed below and will take place on Thursdays from 1 - 2pm in room 1.69/1.70 in Humanities Bridgeford Street. No booking is required, just turn up on the day.
If you would like to offer a talk please email martin.everett@manchester.ac.uk.
| Date | Title | Presenter | Discipline/Centre |
13 October |
What is a scoping study? | Alan Boyd and Michelle Bastian | Manchester Business School and School of Social Sciences |
20 October |
What is oral history? | Penny Summerfield | History |
| 3 November | What is web content analysis with a particular application to comparative election campaigns? | Rachel Gibson | Institute for Social Change |
| 10 November | What is Latent Class Analysis? | Tarani Chandola | Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey Research |
| 17 November | What is SNA using qualitative methods? | Nick Crossley and Gemma Edwards | Sociology |
| 24 November | What is Item Response Theory? | Nick Shryane | Institute for Social Change |
| 1 December | What is ethnography in sociology? | James Rhodes | School of Social Sciences |
| 8 December | What is Latent Structure Analysis? Combining latent factors and latent classes | Nick Shryane | Institute for Social Change |
| 19 January | What is psychoanalytic and psychosocial research methodology? | Robin Robinson | University of Massachusetts and Simon Visiting Professor, University of Manchester School of Law |
| 26 January | What is a case study in accounting and business management? | Bob Scapens | Manchester Business School |
| 2 February | What is Fuzzy Set Analysis? | Wendy Olsen | CCSR |
| 9 February | What is spatial data and how can I access it for my research? | Gail Millin-Chalabi | Mimas - Landmap Service |
| 16 February | What are Citizens' Juries? | Kingsley Purdam | Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey Research |
| 23 February | What is Linked Data? | Paul Murphy | ESDS International, MIMAS |
| 15 March | What is a narrative approach to translation? | Mona Baker | School of Languages, Linguistics & Cultures |
| 19 April | What is multilevel structural equation modelling? | Nick Shryane | Institute for Social Change |
| 26 April | What is Narrative Analysis? | Vanessa May | Sociology |
| 10 May | What is Researching Social Media? | Farida Vis | University of Leicester |
| 17 May | What is cultural consensus analysis? NB. This talk will take place in room 5.210, University Place |
Russ Bernard | University of Florida and Simon Visiting Professor, University of Manchester |
Details of the January - June 2010 and October 2010 - April 2011 series of talks are still available, or see the descriptions and recordings for each method.
To find out about these and other future events