Articles Posted in the " Research Methods " Category

  • iPad: Content creation or consumption? A problem of Definition

    iPad: Content creation or consumption? A problem of Definition

    I had a conversation with my brother yesterday that was about as instructive in what we learned about the conversation as it was in what we learned in the conversation.  He mentioned that Leo Laporte backed up a bit on...


  • Amazon Lied? No–more likely, people can’t do math…

    Amazon Lied? No–more likely, people can’t do math…

    My brother shared with me an interesting posting, where the question is asked “Is Amazon Lying about eBooks outselling printed books?” I found the post to be an interesting read but there exists one GLARING problem:  they misuse statistics and...


  • Academics blogging anonymously? Are we being academics, then?

    Academics blogging anonymously? Are we being academics, then?

    UPDATE: Thanks to Nathan Rein (see comments) for making me realize that my title is misleading. The discussion started with blogging under anonymity, but my thinking went beyond that into how academics blog. So please, read the following post less...


  • Presentation: Collaborative Tools for Research

    Presentation:  Collaborative Tools for Research

    On Tuesday, I gave a presentation on using collaborative tools as an integrated part of our research processes.  I recorded that presentation, and have it available here as the 22nd podcast in my series here. I broke the presentation into...


  • Political Pundits aren’t the Only Fear-mongerers!

    Political Pundits aren’t the Only Fear-mongerers!

    I recently received an email, containing an article entitled Less Money, More Pain — The Bonfire of Capital By Mike Whitney. The comment sent with the article was “This tells me that 2008 will be a very bad year for...


  • Can an Anecdote be Data?

    Can an Anecdote be Data?

    Over at the blog, Confessions of a Community College Dean, a commenter wrote that Academics of all people should remember that the plural of anecdote is not data. I find this to be a humorous, and in some way, interesting...


  • Occasional pieces in AR (Action Research)

    Occasional pieces in AR (Action Research)

    Occasional pieces in AR — Introduction I was sent a link to this page by one of my students currently conducting research. I have many on-going discussions about qualitative vs quantitative research, and my student thought this discussion was something...


  • BTS – National Transportation Statistics 2004

    BTS – National Transportation Statistics 2004

    BTS – National Transportation Statistics 2004 I am sure many of you have asked yourselves “how can I get my hands on the actual data, rather than rely on the new reporters to give me their (often incorrect) interpretation?” This...


  • Speeders’ 5-10 mph ‘free pass’ costs lives, report says – Yahoo! News

    Speeders’ 5-10 mph ‘free pass’ costs lives, report says – Yahoo! News

    Speeders’ 5-10 mph ‘free pass’ costs lives, report says – Yahoo! News Have you ever read a news story that just seemed, well, odd? This, to me, is one of those stories. Perhaps I have been tainted by a book...