Selected Social Research Methods Web Sites

Research Methods
gsociology.icaap.org — this site provides reports on major global social, demographic, economic, and political changes; data sets related to these and related topics; presentations based on these data sets useful for teaching and public education; links to research resources, data, history, and theory from research organizations around the world, including information about social research practices and methods, ways of collecting, analyzing and presenting data and results; issues related to research ethics; links to free software; online books, manuals, guides, statistical software packages and many other topics.

The Research Methods Knowledge Base
www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/contents.htm — this site is the home page for a number of additional Web pages, each of which provides brief, easily understood descriptions and illustrations of virtually any social research method you might want to use; covers the foundations of research, sampling, measurement, design, analysis, and the process of writing up a research report..

Free Evaluation Resources for Developing Countries
http://earth.prohosting.com/elecon/evaldevel/evaldevelopment.html —provides resources for conducting evaluation research, with particular reference to applications in developing countries; describes the best use of the site; goals, plans and programs; list of classes; project email list; evaluation Wiki document work pages; and a set of links to evaluation sites, email groups, organizations, etc.

Qualitative Research Resources on the Internet
www.nova.edu/ssss/QR/qualres.html — this site provides links qualitative research sites and materials available through the Internet, including links to Web pages on a variety of topics, journals, syllabi, and the current issues of The Qualitative Report, an online journal.

BUBL LINK (Catalogue of Selected Internet Resoures)
bubl.ac.uk — provides links to hundreds of social science Web sites organized under more than 300 specialized topics; also provides links to Internet resources covering all subject areas.

Social Science Information Gateway (SOSIG)
sosig.ac.uk — provides selected, high quality information for students and researchers in the social sciences, business, and law; also provides links to over 50,000 social science Web pages.

Web Pages that Perform Statistical Calculations
statpages.org — provides over 600 links, including nearly 400 pages that perform calculations, and growing; a source of information on almost anything you might need in conducting analyses and calculations, including links to interactive statistics, free software, books and manuals, and demonstrations and tutorials.

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