Education research on the Internet - Areas of study

Research Methodology

Action Research Resources
      http://www.scu.edu.au/schools/gcm/ar/arhome.html
This is an Australian site produced by Southern Cross University. It is concerned with family of research methodologies which pursue action (or change) and research (or understanding) at the same time. It provides links to an electronic journal, resource papers, and a range of mailing lists.

American Statistical Association. Survey Research Methods Section
      http://www.amstat.org/sections/srms/
The aim of the Section is to promote the improvement of survey practice and the understanding of survey methods, by encouraging both theoretical and applied research on survey-related topics, and by disseminating information on survey methods. The site provides links to a variety of relevant organisations and resources.

Association for Qualitative Research
      http://www.latrobe.edu.au/aqr/
The Association for Qualitative Research is an international organisation, inaugurated in Melbourne in 1997, to further qualitative research. It provides a forum for the discussion of ideas via regional meetings, publications and annual international conferences, and links people who have similar interests in qualitative research.

QualPage
      http://www.qualitativeresearch.uga.edu/QualPage/
Hosted by the University of Georgia, this is a collection of resources relating to qualitative research. The site includes a list of discussion forums, electronic journals, organisations and interest groups, pages on methodology, and conference proceedings.

Web Center for Social Research Methods
      http://www.socialresearchmethods.net/
This website is designed for people involved in applied social research and evaluation. Resources include Knowledge Base, an online hypertext textbook on applied social research methods, Selecting Statistics, an online statistical advisor, and The Simulation Book, a previously unpublished book of manual and computer simulation exercises of common research designs.

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