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A discussion of some controversies in mixed methods research for emerging researchers 新兴研究人员对混合方法研究中一些争议的讨论

Methodological Innovations Pub Date : 2022-09-17 DOI: 10.1177/20597991221123398

J. Adu, M. Owusu, E. Martin-Yeboah, Lisbeth A. Pino Gavidia, Sebastian Gyamfi

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Exploring creative pedagogies for research methods: Reflections from a workshop series 探索研究方法的创造性教学法：来自系列研讨会的思考

Methodological Innovations Pub Date : 2022-08-25 DOI: 10.1177/20597991221114572

H. Mainsah

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Theory toolbox for historical explanation: An essay in analytic sociology 历史解释的理论工具箱：分析社会学论文

Methodological Innovations Pub Date : 2022-08-16 DOI: 10.1177/20597991221119339

David Willer, Pamela Emanuelson

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Natural language processing to identify case factors in child protection court proceedings 在儿童保护法庭诉讼中识别案件因素的自然语言处理

Methodological Innovations Pub Date : 2022-08-12 DOI: 10.1177/20597991221115967

Bethany L Coulthard, B. Taylor

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The Stark realities of reproducible statistically orientated sociological research: Some newer rules of the sociological method 可重复统计导向的社会学研究的严酷现实:社会学方法的一些新规则

Methodological Innovations Pub Date : 2022-08-09 DOI: 10.1177/20597991221111681

V. Gayle, R. Connelly

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Collecting qualitative data using a smartphone app: Learning from research involving people with experience of multiple disadvantage 使用智能手机应用程序收集定性数据:从涉及具有多重劣势经验的人的研究中学习

Methodological Innovations Pub Date : 2022-08-09 DOI: 10.1177/20597991221114570

J. Welford, J. Sandhu, Beth Collinson, Sheila Blatchford

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A research note: Using ethics memoranda of understanding in community-based research 研究说明：在基于社区的研究中使用伦理谅解备忘录

Methodological Innovations Pub Date : 2022-06-23 DOI: 10.1177/20597991221101564

Celina Su

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How the theory of self-organized criticality explains punctuated equilibrium in social systems 自组织临界论如何解释社会系统中的间断平衡

Methodological Innovations Pub Date : 2022-05-15 DOI: 10.1177/20597991221100427

D. Zhukov

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The vagaries of variables: Towards a standardised approach for variable selection in spatial crime research 变量的变幻莫测:空间犯罪研究中变量选择的标准化方法

Methodological Innovations Pub Date : 2022-04-26 DOI: 10.1177/20597991221091513

Gretha Groeneveld, G. Breetzke

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Poetry and prose as methodology: A synergy of knowing 诗歌和散文作为方法论:认识的协同作用

Methodological Innovations Pub Date : 2022-04-19 DOI: 10.1177/20597991221087150

Linda T Parsons, Lisa Pinkerton

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