SAGE Research Method Video

SAGE Publishing has launched a collection of streaming videosdesigned to help students and researchers learn and develop research skillsets and navigate the research process. Titled SAGE Research Method Video, the collection includes 484 videos on the broad spectrum of social science research methods and statistics.

'Video is an incredibly powerful tool for teaching topics like research design, data collection and statistical analysis as they can often feel abstract and challenging for students,' said Katie Metzler, head of methods innovation at SAGE Publishing. 'The collection is full of engaging animations, step-by-step video tutorials, and videos showing, for example, real focus groups being conducted, giving students and researchers a fun and effective way to learn to do their own research.'

SAGE Research Methods Video contains more than 125 hours of content – of which 70 per cent is exclusive to SAGE – including tutorials, expert interviews, case studies, mini-documentaries, focus groups, and more. The collection also includes:

• A 15-hour introductory statistics course;
• Four hours of SPSS training with professor and textbook author Andy Field;
• A three-hour presentation skills course;
• A two-hour course on ANOVA;
• A two hour course on designing and doing surveys; and
  
• A one-hour course on planning research projects.

The videos can be streamed to demonstrate research in action, assigned to students ahead of lectures to stimulate in-class discussions, and used to expose viewers to alternative perspectives or a range of subject experts. Developed in partnership with an international editorial advisory board made up of methods experts, the collection also features short documentary films made in leading research centers around the world, including the Pew Research Centre, NatCen Social Research, Ipsos Mori, and NORC at the University of Chicago.