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Ivett Ayodele is an undergraduate student at the University of Salford studying BSc (Hons) Psychology and Counselling. She tweets as @ivettayo and @salfordpcy1 and blogs here .   I have accepted the challenge to review Qualitative Online Interviews by Dr Janet Salmons (2015) because I believe that as part of the next generation of psychologists, it is a great opportunity to familiarise myself   with the emerging methods of online interviews, which will surely become popular in the future. It is also a great chance to extend my knowledge of qualitative methods generally, while writing this post helps to develop my academic writing skills. My task is to give a student perspective on the book since a lecturer’s perspective has already been explored (see here ). Qualitative Online Interviews by Dr Janet Salmons (2015) guides researchers and students through the process of extending their research into various online settings and it gives guidance on ethical issues that can arise d...

This post was first published on Survey Post on Feb. 3rd, 2014. Recently, I attended two statistical events in the Washington, DC, area: one was the 23rd   Morris Hansen Lecture   on “Envisioning the 2030 U.S. Census”; the other was the   SAMSI workshop   on “Computational Methods for Censuses and Surveys.” “Big data” was a popular keyword at both events and stirred up discussions on how to utilize it (such as from administrative records and online data sources) for current government statistics, especially when combining big data with  traditional survey data. Statisticians are exploring new ways in which big data can be used. The US Census has initiated investigations on  using administrative records in the 2020 Census . The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) has identified some  research opportunities combining multiple data sources . University-based researchers  have launched studies on the use of Google trends and other online da...

Are you a PhD student or Early Career Researcher doing work in digital sociology? The BSA Digital Sociology Group has organised a PhD/ECR Workshop where a  limited  number of participants can get feedback on their work from peers and established academics in a supportive environment. The event will take place between  11am to 4pm on February 19th at Goldsmiths College in South London . Confirmed academic respondents are Emma Uprichard (Warwick) and Noortje Marres (Goldsmiths) with one or two more TBC soon. If you would like to register then please e-mail mark@markcarrigan.net with a short bio and 200 to 300 word abstract. The exact format of the day hasn’t been finalised yet but the intention will be to allow substantial time for discussion of each presentation so places will be extremely limited.

After the success of our webinar on qualitative methods ( http://nsmnss.blogspot.co.uk/2013/02/update-from-our-webinar.html ) we’ll be hosting a webinar on quantitative research and new social media on Monday the 8th of April. The webinar will follow the format of the previous webinar, a panel if researchers will outline three key issues for quantitative research and then open the discussion up to the floor. In advance of the webinar we’d like to invite network members to let us know if there are any burning issues that they would like to see addressed during the webinar. We’d also like to invite network members who’d like to present case studies or sessions during the webinar to get in touch with us. If there any particular issues you’d like to see us address, either leave us a comment below, tweet us or email jerome.finnegan@natcen.ac.uk . If you’re searching for inspiration, why not take a look at some of the videos from our quant knowledge exchange seminar http://nsmnss.blogspot.co...