REsearch design
Working with your organization or community, I help to understand the precise research question you want to ask or issue you want to address. I use a variety of methods:
- interviews
- focus groups
- background research
- scholarly literature reviews
- statistical analysis
- questionnaire development
- evaluation processes
- data management
- reports and presentations
- community feedback
- mentoring community researchers
MEthodological expertise
I am trained in social science research methodologies. This includes qualitative and quantitative approaches.
Qualitative
- coding interview data to pull out themes and draw conclusions
- comparative studies of different communities facing similar circumstances
- fs/QCA method, involving intensive knowledge of the data and organizing it for statistical analysis
- creating interview scripts and conducting interviews
Quantitative
- regression analysis (OLS, probit, logit)
- basic descriptive statistical analysis (bar graphs, box plots), comparisons of means and variance (q test, t test, ANOVA)
- tools: Stata SE and Excel
- large dataset management, data cleaning, processing, and import into software packages