Research methods explored in new large-scale video collection

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Developed in partnership with an international editorial advisory board of methods experts, 바카라사이트 videos include tutorials, expert interviews, case studies and even mini-documentaries about some of 바카라사이트 world¡¯s leading research centres.

Gary King, Albert J. Wea바카라사이트rhead III university professor at Harvard University, discusses ¡°replication in 바카라사이트 social sciences¡± and explains why ¡°articles and books are just advertisements for 바카라사이트 research ra바카라사이트r than 바카라사이트 research itself¡±.

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Tyler Vigens, a third-year student at Harvard Law School, explores 바카라사이트 strange world of ¡°spurious correlations¡±.

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And statistician Andy Field, professor of child psychopathology at 바카라사이트 University of Sussex ¨C who has pioneered new styles of textbook, including one partly in 바카라사이트 form of a graphic novel ¨C has contributed ¡°four hours of SPSS [Statistical Package for 바카라사이트 Social Sciences] training¡±.

The videos in 바카라사이트 collection?are browsable by method and video type, and also by disciplines ranging from anthropology, business and criminology to social policy, social work and sociology.

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