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Classic paper: Cathie Marsh, 1990

03 April 2013

As I’m sure many of you know, Cathie Marsh was a leading social scientist, who died aged 41 in 1993.  Her contribution as a quantitative sociologist was so important that there is the Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey Research at Manchester University, where she latterly worked, and she is…

The Mass Observation legacy - exhibition review

13 September 2013

The Photographers’ Gallery in Ramillies Street in central London is featuring the work of Mass Observation from the late 1930s, and its subsequent resurrection by the University of Sussex in the 1980s. It’s a fascinating experience, not simply for the photographs but also due to the notes made by observers, discovering how observers were trained,…

Social media as a social research resource

02 June 2014

'What are the challenges facing social research in social media?' This was the question posed to a speakers’ panel in the closing session of the 2014 Social Research Association one day conference, ‘Social research in social media’, held on the 16th May at the British Library. The question was posed as…

The only number you need to know: fit-for-purpose sample quality measures in the internet age

11 February 2015

I’ll let you into a secret – maths was NOT my strong point at grammar school. I never really got the hang of algebra, and the maths teacher I had for several years did little to stimulate interest and understanding in his students. However, going to college changed all that.…

Integration: turning data into knowledge

31 March 2014

This is the big challenge for so many organisations, in the public and private sectors, as the stream some of us lived with in the 1980s became a river as we moved into the 21st century, and is now a raging torrent with the advent of social media and mobile technologies. It’s been…

A pint of publicity, but a wee dram of supporting evidence?

27 February 2013

Here’s an interesting situation for researchers. The news today contains a lead item on new research purporting to demonstrate that surveys underestimate real alcohol consumption, compared to sales. Even an interview with the lead researcher, Sadie Boniface of UCL on the BBC Today programme on R4 at prime-time. Maybe the overall…

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