Spark: a centre for social research innovation
Spark: a centre for social research innovation
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45 plays 0Many students of statistics and econometrics express frustration with the way a problem known as “bad control” is treated in the traditional literature. The… -
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4 plays 0Come learn about the power of partnerships to foster empowering research and action! Although universities should catalyze empowerment, frequently they instead… -
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5 plays 0In this talk, Hardin will introduce her duo-ethnographic work with a group of friends and colleagues who part of a collaborative group, Nutrire CoLab. She will introduce… -
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3 plays 0A critical barrier to generating cumulative knowledge is the inability of researchers to observe the results from the full set of research designs. Studies that produce… -
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6 plays 0Understanding the gaps and connections across existing theories and findings is a perennial challenge in scientific research. To encourage systematic, replicable, and… -
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0 plays 0"I review ethnographic methods that allow researchers to assess distress in a culturally sensitive manner. I focus on describing the development of reliable and… -
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9 plays 0Canadian philanthropic foundations are increasingly engaged in reconciliation-focused activities with Indigenous peoples. However, like other good intentions, this too… -
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7 plays 0Arguments about how causal qualitative and quantitative research are “usually” or “mostly” done abound. In our workshop, we summarize the results… -
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6 plays 0I review methods for handling missing data in empirical studies in the social sciences. I define missing data, and provide a taxonomy of main approaches to analysis,… -
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6 plays 0The talk will present an automated content analysis method based on supervised machine learning (SML) and recent advances in transfer learning. The method will be… -
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4 plays 0Research is too often a process done to participants, but what if participants were viewed as co-investigators at every step of the research process? We will highlight… -
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29 plays 0How much should ethnographers involve themselves with the people, places, and processes they study? One answer has become increasingly popular: invert participant… -
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7 plays 01 – Most social work interventions are not well-supported by research. This situation is not likely to change. Although guided by good intentions this may result… -
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3 plays 0Predictive policing is a tool used increasingly by law enforcement agencies around the world, but legal scholars, critics, and community activists have argued that such… -
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1 plays 0The overarching mission of many social science researchers is to understand “what works” for improving life outcomes. However, mounting evidence suggests… -
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11 plays 0In their talk, Vassenden and Mangset answer to a recent interactionist/situationist critique of qualitative interviews. This critique holds that because interviews are… -
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14 plays 0What happens when hundreds of researchers investigate the same research question with the same data? Answer: almost anything goes. Observing researchers in such a task… -
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8 plays 0Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is an equity-focused research method that seeks to involve and empower community partners in collectively developed… -
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12 plays 0In this talk, Dr. Collen Renihan and Dr. Julia Brook will discuss their SSHRC- and CFI-funded research project on accessible music theatre for older adults, which they… -
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74 plays 0In this talk, Paul Bakker, Credentialed Evaluator, will provide an introduction to the practice of impact evaluation. Topics will include: what is evaluation, how it… -
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28 plays 0This Spark Talk will discuss considerations of qualitative approaches to “research” involving topics of “mental health” among immigrant… -
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9 plays 0This talk will introduce audience members to the "the biggest lie on the internet" (known as "I agree to the terms and conditions"). Online consent… -
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Transparency and Reproducibility: Doing Open…
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15 plays 0Increasing the transparency and reproducibility of scientific research has received considerable attention over the past decade. Takeup of this call has varied… -
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27 plays 0In this talk, Dr. Hatzifilalithis will give an overview of her postdoctoral research that focuses on how age-based stereotypes influence digital technologies. She will…
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