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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…

The search for ‘truth’: measurement formats in research

27 March 2015

In the latest issue of IJMR, we are publishing three papers on the theme of measurement formats. The first is a comprehensive literature review, by Callegaro et al, that in addition to summarising ‘best practice’ in the search for ‘truth’ in data collection, also identifies gaps in current published knowledge…

The unintended (or intended?) consequences of undertaking surveys

14 September 2015

One major accusation levelled at the pollsters in their failure to correctly predict the likely outcome of the UK general election back in May was that their incorrect forecasts influenced both the intentions of voters, and the strategies of the political parties. Recently, I’ve seen two further examples of how we…

Big Data is not a game played by different rules

01 September 2014

The title of this blog comes from a new 51 page report, Big Data and Data Protection, published on 28 July by the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) in the UK. The report is based on research into big data and privacy undertaken since June 2013, including secondary research, interviews with…

'The end of statistics?'

09 February 2017

A very thought provoking article with this title was published in the Guardian in the Journal section on 19 January by William Davies. This section is sub-titled the long read, giving authors chance to present a very detailed perspective on their theme.  Davies provides a very detailed analysis of the current crisis facing statistics, and the growing…

A tipping-point in the history of research? Should we celebrate, or feel dismayed?

17 December 2015

The latest IJMR Landmark paper I selected was by Wendy Sykes, examining the then body of knowledge on validity and reliability for qualitative research. Also, the latest issue of IJMR features two papers plus a Viewpoint that focus on perspectives on qualitative research. So, it was timely this week to read…

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