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OxDeg: Bull in a China Shop. Mixing Methods in a Difficult Field Research Online
The Oxford Internet Institute is excited to welcome Magdalena Halina Góralska for her OxDeg talk 'Bull in a China Shop. Mixing Methods in a Difficult Field Research Online'.
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The meaning of ‘other’ in classifications: Formal methods meet artistic research
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The meaning of ‘other’ in classifications: Formal methods meet artistic research (II)
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Digital Social Research: Methods Core
This course provides students with the opportunity to engage with the methodological, ethical and philosophical underpinnings of quantitative and qualitative social science research practices.
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Quantitative Methods in Social Media Research (Knowledge Exchange Seminar 2)
This will be the second seminar of the "New Social Media, New Social Science" project, organised by the OII, NatCen Social Research and Sage. The workshop will discuss using quantitative methods in social media research.
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Quantitative Methods in Social Media Research: Big Data
Ralph Schroeder discusses very large datasets during a seminar on quantitative methods in social media research held at the OII on 26 September 2012. What do we gain and lose with big data? How is big data changing the way we do research?
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Quantitative Methods in Social Media Research: Data Visualization
Scott Hale discusses visualisation during a seminar on quantitative methods in social media research held at the OII on 26 September 2012. How can we visualise data collected by social media? How does visualisation relate to statistical analysis?
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Accessing Research Data from the Social Web: OII MSc Methods Option Course
In the space of a few years data sourced from the "social web" (platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and Google) has come to occupy an important place in social science research.
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