Researcher Education and Development

Critical Inquiry of Method (CIM) - Comparing Multiple Methods
26 Sep

Critical Inquiry of Method (CIM) - Comparing Multiple Methods

This workshop is the second in a two-part series about critical inquiry of method (CIM). It builds on the first workshop, which focussed on how to transparently report and justify a single choice of method, including the role of critical thinking.
Taming ggplot graphics in R
23 Sep

Taming ggplot graphics in R

This workshop builds on the previous one (Excellent Graphics in R), which showed how ggplot supports Tufte's principles of excellence, for visualising data. Underlying ggplot is a Grammar of Graphics, a powerful framework for drawing all kinds of graphs.
Taming ggplot graphics in R
23 Sep

Taming ggplot graphics in R

This workshop builds on the previous one (Excellent Graphics in R), which showed how ggplot supports Tufte's principles of excellence, for visualising data.
New Ways with Interviewing: Go-Along/Walk-Along/Mobile Interviews and Photo Elicitation Interviews
21 Sep

New Ways with Interviewing: Go-Along/Walk-Along/Mobile Interviews and Photo Elicitation Interviews

In recent years the qualitative interview, which is one of the most widely utilised methods in research, has been revitalised with new approaches to its use. This seminar will introduce you to two of these new approaches - the walk-along, go-along interview or mobile interview and the photo elicitation interview.
Reproducible Research - Building Business Continuity
20 Sep

Reproducible Research - Building Business Continuity

On completion of this workshop, participants should be able to identify ways to make their research reproducible and transparent
Excellent Graphics in R
16 Sep

Excellent Graphics in R

We weave in discussion of the principles of excellent graphics, whilst introducing a grammar of graphics in the ggplot2 package. Five versions of these principles are put into action, to explain and motivate different methods of visualising data.