Research Skills

Surveys, interviews & fieldwork

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Conducting Qualitative Interviews: An Introduction (OpenLearn)

Free Open University course on preparing, running and following up research interviews, ethics included. Beginner 2 – 10 hrs Full course Certificate No prerequisites View C YouTube Staff pick CrashCourse (Adriene Hill) · YouTube / CrashCourse

Crash Course Statistics

44 lively 10-minute episodes: controlled experiments, sampling and survey bias, p-values, and how to read data without … Beginner 2 – 10 hrs Video series No prerequisites View F YouTube Staff pick Leslie Curry · YouTube / Yale University

Fundamentals of Qualitative Research Methods (Yale)

Six short Yale lectures on qualitative research: research questions, interviews, focus groups, analysis and rigour. Beginner 30 min – 2 hrs Video series No prerequisites View YouTube CrashCourse (Hank Green) · YouTube / CrashCourse

Psychological Research (Crash Course Psychology #2)

A 10-minute tour of how research works: case studies, surveys, experiments, controls and random assignment. Absolute beginner Under 30 min Single video No prerequisites View Q Website Frederick Conrad, Frauke Kreuter · Coursera / University of Michigan

Questionnaire Design for Social Surveys (University of Michigan)

How to write survey questions people answer honestly: wording, scales, context effects and testing. Free to audit on Co… Intermediate 10 – 40 hrs Full course Exercises Certificate Free to access View S Website Khan Academy

Study Design (Khan Academy)

Short videos and practice on sampling methods, bias in surveys, observational studies and designing experiments. Beginner 2 – 10 hrs Video series Exercises No prerequisites View U Website University of London · Coursera / University of London (SOAS)

Understanding Research Methods (University of London)

A short introduction to research questions, literature reviews and choosing methods. Free to audit on Coursera. Beginner 2 – 10 hrs Full course Certificate No prerequisites View
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