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Give Methods A Chance

A podcast devoted to research methods in practice. Listen to top scholars introduce a multitude of approaches to answer important questions and share stories about their experiences studying the socia... Read more

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Justin Pickett on Online Surveys

Justin Pickett on Online Surveys

In this episode, we talk with Justin Picket of SUNY-Albany about using web-based surveys for public opinion polling and ... Read more

20 Sep 2015

30mins

Ranked #2

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Amy Schalet on In-Depth Interviews

Amy Schalet on In-Depth Interviews

In this episode, we talk with Amy Schalet, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. ... Read more

13 Feb 2015

20mins

Ranked #3

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Douglas Hartmann on Ethnography in Light of Goffman

Douglas Hartmann on Ethnography in Light of Goffman

Alice Goffman’s ethnographic foray into a black neighborhood in inner city Philadelphia has attracted attention both ins... Read more

8 Jul 2015

36mins

Ranked #4

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Jay Borchert on Conducting Interviews in Prisons

Jay Borchert on Conducting Interviews in Prisons

Jay Borchert is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Sociology and a Population Studies Center Trainee at the University... Read more

9 Mar 2016

41mins

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Naomi Sugie on Using Smartphones for Research

Naomi Sugie on Using Smartphones for Research

In this episode, we talk with Naomi Sugie on using smartphones to collect data from research participants. Naomi is an A... Read more

27 Feb 2015

34mins

Ranked #6

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Christopher Wildeman on Quantitative Data Analysis

Christopher Wildeman on Quantitative Data Analysis

In this episode, we talk with Christopher Wildeman , Associate Professor of Policy Analysis and Management at Cornell Un... Read more

4 Dec 2015

41mins

Ranked #7

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Vinnie Roscigno on Mixed Methods

Vinnie Roscigno on Mixed Methods

In this episode, we talk with Vincent Roscigno, sociologist at The Ohio State University, about using multiple methods t... Read more

16 Oct 2015

46mins

Ranked #8

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Andrew Billings on Quantitative Content Analysis

Andrew Billings on Quantitative Content Analysis

On this episode of the Give Methods a Chance podcast , we are joined by Dr. Andrew Billings. Andrew is the Ronald Reagan... Read more

7 May 2015

30mins

Ranked #9

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Audrey Kobayashi on Focus Groups, Transnationalism, and Citizenship

Audrey Kobayashi on Focus Groups, Transnationalism, and Citizenship

In this episode, we talk to Audrey Kobayashi about focus groups.  We draw upon her work on transnationalism, citizenship... Read more

15 Jan 2015

28mins

Ranked #10

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Devah Pager on Experimental Audits

Devah Pager on Experimental Audits

In this episode, we talk with Devah Pager, Professor of Sociology at Harvard University and Professor of Public Policy a... Read more

22 May 2015

30mins

Ranked #11

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Chris Uggen on Academic Dishonesty and Public Sociology

Chris Uggen on Academic Dishonesty and Public Sociology

In this special edition of Give Methods a Chance, we talk with Chris Uggen to get context and insight to a recent retrac... Read more

4 Jun 2015

14mins

Ranked #12

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Shamus Khan on Historical Data

Shamus Khan on Historical Data

In this episode, we are joined by Shamus Khan, Professor of Sociology at Columbia University. Professor Khan studies cul... Read more

5 Jun 2015

48mins

Ranked #13

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Helen B. Marrow on a Tripartite Methodological Design and Collaborative Research

Helen B. Marrow on a Tripartite Methodological Design and Collaborative Research

Helen B. Marrow is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Tufts University, with affiliations in American Studies, Latino S... Read more

23 Apr 2015

52mins

Ranked #14

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Elizabeth Cherry on Consumption, Identity, and Ethnography

Elizabeth Cherry on Consumption, Identity, and Ethnography

In this episode we discuss an innovative methodological approach to understanding reflexivity and identity when doing et... Read more

19 Jun 2015

34mins

Ranked #15

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David Knoke on Network Analysis

David Knoke on Network Analysis

In this episode, we talk with David Knoke, Professor of Sociology at the University of Minnesota. We discuss the uses an... Read more

30 Jan 2015

18mins

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