Research Methods

Advice, guidance and sources of further information about qualitative and quantitative methods for research, including a guide to datasets for management research.

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Evaluating politically sensitive programmes: the case of Preventing Violent Extremism (Prevent)

In this article, Giorgia Iacopini and Laura Stock, Researcher-Consultants at the Tavistock Institute of Human Relations, consider how evaluation can be a useful intervention for managers who need to design and deliver programmes in contested social policy fields.

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Evaluating politically sensitive programmes: the case of Preventing Violent Extremism (Prevent)

Methodological review of the Student Income and Expenditure Survey

A paper reports on recommendations for the sampling and data collection methodology of the Student Income and Expenditure Survey.

Research Councils UK: impact report 2011

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This report details the many ongoing activities through which the Research Councils are working together to achieve greater impact, as well as examples of the economic and social benefits which have been realised in this period on thebasis of earlier investments in excellent research.

Management and Business Studies datasets guide

This guide gives information about and links to a wide range of digital datasets for Management and Business Studies and related fields like Economics and Accounting/Finance, and shows you how to use the Management and Business Studies (MBS) Portal to find them.

Economic impact reporting framework: interim report on 2010 returns

This report presents interim findings of a quantitative appraisal of the performance of the UK research councils.

Summer at the British Library: a researcher's chronicle

In this article, Lucian J Hudson, Partner and Managing Director at Cornerstone Global Associates, reflects on his experience of using the British Library for his research, the main output of which was a substantial report for the Foreign & Commonwealth Office on what makes for effective collaboration between government, business and civil society.