Activity: Explore Sage Research Methods

What is Sage Research Methods (SRM)?

SRM helps you to choose the best methodologies for your social and behavioral research project.  It covers quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research methodologies through an interactive methods map, instructional videos, case studies, full text books (including the complete series of Little Green and Little Blue book series), and a project planner.  

Why use SRM?

SRM leads you through the research process providing information and tools to help you:

  1. Define a research topic
  2. Develop research questions
  3. Conduct a literature review
  4. Choose a method for gathering and analyzing your data
  5. Gather, analyze, and present data

Activity: Explore SRM

  1. Go to Sage Research Methods.
  2. Find the Methods map by clicking on Research Tools and then choosing Methods Map

Screen shot of SRM with arrow pointing to Research Tools

  1. Choose a narrower term of interest and continue to narrow until you find a methodology of interest.

Screenshot of SRM methods map

  1. When you find a method that you want to explore, you will notice that the box above the map has a definition and a link to "View content" on the topic. Foucauldian Discourse Analysis finds more than 100 items including a video Links to an external site. and a chapter in The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research in Psychology Links to an external site..

Screen Shot of methods map with topic box

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