Sites in this category are related to Social Research Methodology: the methods, techniques, and technology employed by social scientists in the advance of their fields.
A mathematical/statistical technique for extracting and representing the similarity of meaning of words and passages by analysis of large bodies of text. http://lsa.colorado.edu/
This essay, by Steve Hoenisch, seeks to shed light on Weber's view of the applicability of objectivity by attempting to answer the overarching question that sits at the foundation of his approach: Was Weber an advocate of value-free social science? http://www.criticism.com/md/weber1.html
The interpretations proffered in Herrnstein & Murray's book, "The Bell Curve", are not supported by reanalysis of their data. http://www.srv.net/~msdata/bell.html
Construct systems may be conceived of as multi-dimensional mathematical models in which the person's own language is used to classify his or her experience - a presentation of Kelly's personal construct theory http://www.EnquireWithin.co.nz/theoryof.htm
Discusses the logic of relating qualitative and quantitative methods, different approaches for inter-relating them, and innovative applications of methodological inter-relation. http://qualitative-research.net/fqs/fqs-e/inhalt1-01-e.htm
intended to provide professors and students of information systems with a useful starting point for accessing WWW-based material related to research and scholarship in the field of information systems. http://www.isworld.org/#research
Assists academics and students in the Social Sciences in the use of numeric or encoded research data for analysis and teaching. http://datalib.ed.ac.uk/
Research about methods and techniques on problem solving, acquiring knowledge, classification of information, education, and positive creative management skills. http://www.metamagazine.com/
A Web Quest on the classic experiment, as well as other research methods: naturalistic observation, questionnaire survey, and correlational research. Designed by Bernard Schuster. http://psychexperiment.tripod.com/
Resources for applied social research and evaluation including a complete online research methods text, course resources, and researcher tools. http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/
The concept of semantic activity that is claimed to proceed as well from single words as from word co-occurrences. This equalization rests upon graph theory. http://www.semac.be/
A critical analysis of the theoretical foundations of Korzybski's general semantics featuring many papers, commentary, and discussions. http://www.xenodochy.org/gs/
