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The contribution of the NCRM website to debates in research
methods4th ESRC Research Methods Festival
St Catherine’s College, Oxford, 8 July 2010Graham Crow,
ESRC National Centre for Research Methods
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EPrints items most popular in first half of 2010
Total number of views in the last 182 days: 1410941What is Grounded Theory?Kathy Charmaz 5495 2
NCRM Methods Review Papers NCRM/001 Informed Consent in Social Research: A Literature ReviewVikki Charles, Graham Crow, Sue Heath, Rose Wiles 2853
3Managing anonymity and confidentiality in social research: the case of visual data in Community researchGraham Crow, Rose Wiles 2549
4A Typology of Research Methods Within the Social SciencesGabriele Beissel-Durrant 2453
5Visual Ethics: Ethical Issues in Visual ResearchEmma Renold, Sally Holland, Katherine Davies, Andrew Clark, Anna Bagnoli, Jon Prosser, Rose Wiles 1781
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EPrints items most popular in first half of 2010
6Mixed-method approaches to social network analysisGemma Edwards 1691
7Introducing Visual MethodsAndrew Loxley, Jon Prosser 1389
8Methods for the synthesis of qualitative research: a critical reviewE Barnett-Page, J Thomas 1357
9NCRM Methods Review Papers, NCRM/006. Geographically Weighted RegressionMartin Charlton, Stewart Fotheringham, Chris Brunsdon 1326
10Exit-poll analysis and predictionStephen Fisher 1281
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EPrints items most popular in first half of 2010
101Evaluating the impact of NCRM Training and Capacity Building ActivitiesNicholas Bardsley, Rose Wiles 244
102Qualiti (NCRM) commissoned inquiry into the risk to well-being of researchers in Qualitative ResearchH Sampson, B Fincham, M Bloor 242
103After the Ethical Approval Form: Ethical considerations of working in research teamsHazel Burke 242
104What are Quantitative and Qualitative Research Anyway? DiscussionPertti Alasuutari 241
105Qualitative interviewingN. Fielding, H. Thomas 239
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Monthly history for 2010Month Unique visitors Number of visitsPages Hits Bandwidth
Jan 3873 4801 12264 39629 3.59 GB
Feb 3926 4803 13093 34406 3.39 GB
Mar 5119 6465 15931 45206 4.66 GB
Apr 4441 5567 13260 35701 3.66 GB
May 4902 5950 17966 56401 4.32 GB
Jun 3837 4812 12964 33566 3.61 GB
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Countries (Top 10) Pages Hits Bandwidth
Great Britain 50181 151062 9.90 GB United States 9874 28865 3.77 GB Australia 2158 5670 776.92 MB Canada 2011 5373 652.46 MB Germany 1457 3366 487.65 MB Unknown 1410 3686 484.78 MB India 995 2569 556.34 MB Ireland 923 2674 310.76 MB China 834 2067 450.09 MB Israel 788 987 96.93 MB Others 15331 40260 5.94 GB
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Visits durationNumber of visits: 32537 - Average: 129 sNumber of visits Percent0s-30s 26966 82.8 %30s-2mn 2030 6.2 %2mn-5mn 1143 3.5 %5mn-15mn 1133 3.4 %15mn-30mn 597 1.8 %30mn-1h 498 1.5 %1h+ 159 0.4 %Unknown 11 0 %
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Search Keyphrases (Top 10)Search Percent
event history analysis 396 1.7 %geographically weighted regression 377 1.6 %grounded theory 364 1.5 %thematic analysis qualitative research 299 1.2 %literature review 268 1.1 %constructivist grounded theory 158 0.6 %narrative research 133 0.5 %confidentiality and anonymity in research 127 0.5 %confidentiality in research 113 0.4 %anonymity in research 99 0.4 %Other phrases 20775 89.9 %
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Downloads of Realities toolkits in past six months(To 16 June 2010)
Title Author Realities Eprints Total
Using email interviewing Lucy Gibson 123 0 123
Transcribing your own data Hazel Burke, Lisa Jenkins and Victoria Higham 424 56 480
Using participatory maps Nick Emmel 15 364 379
Informed consent for images Katherine Davies 28 361 389
Ethical considerations of working in research teams Hazel Burke 79 230 309
Putting on an exhibition to disseminate your research Hazel Burke 75 252 327
Using music elicitation Nicola Allett 207 99 306
Using participant-produced video Stewart Muir 58 198 256
Doorknocking to recruit participants Katherine Davies 33 422 455
Total 1042 1982 3024
Title Author Realities Eprints Total
Disciplined writing Carol Smart 348 622 970
Six strategies for mixing methods Jennifer Mason 164 571 735
Researching with visual images Jon Prosser 108 622 730
Music elicitation Nicola Allett 84 47 131
Visual Research Ethics at the Crossroads Jon Prosser, Andrew Clark, Rose Wiles 99 349 448
Darker side of visual research Jon Prosser 107 165 272
Anonymising research data Andrew Clark 84 446 530
Understanding community Andrew Clark 78 393 471
Combining data, enhancing explanation Sarah Irwin 72 277 349
Multi-method study assessing satisfaction Jo Green et al 58 250 308
Lone motherhoods in context Vanessa May 32 279 311
Total 1234 4021 5255
Notes
We get a "spike" in downloads from the Realities website just after publications are made available (because we publicise them!)
Some toolkits are only published recently (transcribing TK in May, email interviews TK on Tuesday!) so don't reflect full six months
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Downloads of Realities working papers in past six months
Title Author Realities Eprints Total
Disciplined writing Carol Smart 348 622 970
Six strategies for mixing methods Jennifer Mason 164 571 735
Researching with visual images Jon Prosser 108 622 730
Music elicitation Nicola Allett 84 47 131
Visual Research Ethics at the Crossroads Jon Prosser, Andrew Clark, Rose Wiles 99 349 448
Darker side of visual research Jon Prosser 107 165 272
Anonymising research data Andrew Clark 84 446 530
Understanding community Andrew Clark 78 393 471
Combining data, enhancing explanation Sarah Irwin 72 277 349
Multi-method study assessing satisfaction Jo Green et al 58 250 308
Lone motherhoods in context Vanessa May 32 279 311
Total 1234 4021 5255
Notes
We get a "spike" in downloads from the Realities website just after publications are made available (because we publicise them!)
Some toolkits are only published recently (transcribing TK in May, email interviews TK on Tuesday!) so don't reflect full six months