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"You're Nothing" - Researching the… duration 48 minutes 39 seconds "You're Nothing" - Researching the… "You're Nothing" - Researching the Labour Market Experiences of Undocumented Caribbean Careworkers with Carieta Thomas	"You're Nothing" - Researching the Labour Market Experiences of Undocumented Caribbean Careworkers with Carieta Thomas With anti-immigrant sentiment on the rise, surveillance of immigrants has become common including in labour markets. Such surveillance is so normalized that it is not recognized as such,… labour (workers) home care health care surveillance immigration care canada status workers participants lot person things employers employment labor interviews questions quote employer study job border spark talks audience sin labour From Allison Van 41 plays 0
A Crash Course in Good and Bad Controls with… duration 1 hour 18 minutes A Crash Course in Good and Bad Controls with… A Crash Course in Good and Bad Controls with Carlos Cinelli	A Crash Course in Good and Bad Controls with Carlos Cinelli Many students of statistics and econometrics express frustration with the way a problem known as “bad control” is treated in the traditional literature. The issue arises when the addition… effect association treatment variable path variables model control mediator effects confounder bias condition outcome scores controls examples drug variation blood From Allison Van 1 plays 0 Usage Rights CC0
A Hidden Universe of Uncertainty with Nate Breznau duration 52 minutes 57 seconds A Hidden Universe of Uncertainty with Nate Breznau A Hidden Universe of Uncertainty with Nate Breznau	A Hidden Universe of Uncertainty with Nate Breznau What happens when hundreds of researchers investigate the same research question with the same data? Answer: almost anything goes. Observing researchers in such a task reveals so many minute… teams study models researchers hypothesis team variance lot science studies model uncertainty methods things analysis analysts problem questions decisions spark talks innovation From Allison Van 9 plays 0 Usage Rights CC0
A Text-As-Data Approach for Using Open-Ended… duration 48 minutes 3 seconds A Text-As-Data Approach for Using Open-Ended… A Text-As-Data Approach for Using Open-Ended Responses as Manipulation Checks with Dr. Jeff Ziegler	A Text-As-Data Approach for Using Open-Ended Responses as Manipulation Checks with Dr. Jeff Ziegler Participants that complete online surveys and experiments may be inattentive, which can hinder researchers’ ability to draw substantive or causal inferences. Closed-ended manipulation… attention treatment individuals thing prompt compliers manipulation survey words problem text question similarity stories word respondents response party variation issue lot From Allison Van 15 plays 0
Accessing Data Resources Remotely with Vivek… duration 57 minutes 22 seconds Accessing Data Resources Remotely with Vivek… Accessing Data Resources Remotely with Vivek Jadon – Productivity During Pandemic	Accessing Data Resources Remotely with Vivek Jadon – Productivity During Pandemic There is so much data available to researchers virtually, but they can be hard to find and even harder to access. In this talk, Data Specialist Vivek Jadon will share how McMaster researcher's… vivek vivek jadon library statscan odesi icpsr cress allison van michelle dion social sciences (social issues) researchers access files variables stack table collection things tables survey master resources analysis rdc census surveys format geography programs questions From Allison Van 32 plays 0
Addressing Sensitivity Bias on Surveys with Dr.… duration 46 minutes 54 seconds Addressing Sensitivity Bias on Surveys with Dr.… Addressing Sensitivity Bias on Surveys with Dr. Matthew Nanes – Spark Talks	Addressing Sensitivity Bias on Surveys with Dr. Matthew Nanes – Spark Talks How can researchers accurately and safely measure sensitive topics on surveys? We evaluate several common methods using a randomized-controlled trial on a survey about insurgency in the… question response survey answer rebels coin government respondents things population sample questions enumeration percent insurgents enumerators placebo province bit experiments From Allison Van 14 plays 0
Ageism in Tech: Using an online survey as a… duration 50 minutes 24 seconds Ageism in Tech: Using an online survey as a… Ageism in Tech: Using an online survey as a qualitative tool with Stephanie Hatzifilaithis	Ageism in Tech: Using an online survey as a qualitative tool with Stephanie Hatzifilaithis In this talk, Dr. Hatzifilalithis will give an overview of her postdoctoral research that focuses on how age-based stereotypes influence digital technologies. She will also give a walkthrough of how… ageism survey questions responses question participants lot surveys technologies age bit thing experiences objects lives tech term range understandings person From Allison Van 26 plays 0
Applied Social Research: Insights and… duration 42 minutes 3 seconds Applied Social Research: Insights and… Applied Social Research: Insights and Opportunities with Brighter Spark Applied Research – Spark Talks	Applied Social Research: Insights and Opportunities with Brighter Spark Applied Research – Spark Talks Spark has been embarking for the last two years on a journey with partners in the community to apply the best of social science research to the real challenges of running community services and… team kind organization spark process projects things lot experience positions challenge clients position grad skills phd assistant jeff change organizations opportunity summer hours From Allison Van 20 plays 0
Applying Research Methods to Environmental… duration 51 minutes 20 seconds Applying Research Methods to Environmental… Applying Research Methods to Environmental Decision Making with Dr. Heather Dantzker	Applying Research Methods to Environmental Decision Making with Dr. Heather Dantzker In this session, Dantzker will review and discuss the purposes, methodologies, and utility of applied social science research and program evaluation approaches she has used over the course of her… spark talks spark pdp evaluation process questions quality projects conservation lot science water methods making range side folks question activities metrics experts place york heather watershed From Allison Van 18 plays 0
Asking and Analyzing Demographic Questions for… duration 21 minutes 42 seconds Asking and Analyzing Demographic Questions for… Asking and Analyzing Demographic Questions for Intersectionality with Rochelle Wijeshingha	Asking and Analyzing Demographic Questions for Intersectionality with Rochelle Wijeshingha Rochelle Wijesingha, a member of the Brighter Spark Applied Research team discusses how to address demographic questions in quantitative analysis in ways that both reflect complex human realities and… race anti-racism identities spark cress rochelle wijesingha gender intersectionality questions analysis question survey model sample responses population statistics census surveys category times lot effects examples kind From Allison Van 33 plays 0
Back to School: Tips and Tricks with Dr. Michelle… duration 37 minutes 30 seconds Back to School: Tips and Tricks with Dr. Michelle… Back to School: Tips and Tricks with Dr. Michelle Dion	Back to School: Tips and Tricks with Dr. Michelle Dion Welcome to McMaster! with Dr. Michelle Dion. This talk provides an overview of some of the platforms students will likely be using this fall for their classes. It will also provide some tips and… cress back to school michelle dion allison van speaker series social sciences (social issues) students mcmaster library resources teams avenue class things tools access types campus lot article space professors graduate writing scholar learning From Allison Van 64 plays 0
Being Kept Out of Sexual Fields: The Intimate… duration 1 hour 1 minute Being Kept Out of Sexual Fields: The Intimate… Being Kept Out of Sexual Fields: The Intimate Lives of Adults with Intellectual Disabilities in Ontario, Canada with Alan Santinele Martino	Being Kept Out of Sexual Fields: The Intimate Lives of Adults with Intellectual Disabilities in Ontario, Canada with Alan Santinele Martino In this Productivity During Pandemic talk we are joined by McMaster Sociology PhD Candidate Alan Martino. Alan talks to us today about intimate citizenship and the barriers to sexual spaces… cress alan martino intellectual disabilities speaker series social sciences (social issues) sexuality participants disability disabilities relationships spaces question fields lives men experiences access topic relationship questions ways things organizations workers trouble From Allison Van 29 plays 0
Better Interview Questions with Allison Van… duration 53 minutes 11 seconds Better Interview Questions with Allison Van… Better Interview Questions with Allison Van – Productivity During the Pandemic	Better Interview Questions with Allison Van – Productivity During the Pandemic So you're going to conduct research interviews? Allison Van has done thousands. In this seminar, she'll walk you through the core questions and approaches to consider when developing your… cress social sciences (social issues) interview allison van michelle dion speaker series interviews researchers research questions things experience lot question conversation kind extent job ways interviewee positionality experiences impact kinds thing conversations issue advice From Allison Van 87 plays 0
Better Interviews: Tips for Listening with… duration 31 minutes 30 seconds Better Interviews: Tips for Listening with… Better Interviews: Tips for Listening with Allison Van - Productivity Durig Pandemic	Better Interviews: Tips for Listening with Allison Van - Productivity Durig Pandemic Summarizing experience gained through thousands of research interviews, Allison Van continues her Better Interview series by demonstrating and discussing approaches to deeper listening within… spark cress interviews research qualitative interviewing interview person mind conditions lot situation process things bit dance practices conversation notes kind practice moment experience beginner minutes From Allison Van 46 plays 0
Bibliometrics Approach to Evaluating Research… duration 56 minutes 25 seconds Bibliometrics Approach to Evaluating Research… Bibliometrics Approach to Evaluating Research Impact with Dr. Fei Yu – Productivity During Pandemic	Bibliometrics Approach to Evaluating Research Impact with Dr. Fei Yu – Productivity During Pandemic In this talk Dr. Fei Yu will introduce what bibliometric analysis is and what you can do with it. She will use examples from her own work to discuss the resources, tools, methods, and processes of… bibliometrics fei yu cress social sciences (social issues) social sciences pandemic speaker series allison van michelle dion researchers research librarian citation tool publications publication title impact database visualization collaboration paper text author analysis tools influence question mining topic science scopus words field From Allison Van 25 plays 0
Black Christian Millennials "Doing… duration 1 hour 1 minute Black Christian Millennials "Doing… Black Christian Millennials "Doing Religion" In and Outside of the Black Church with Shaonta' Allen M.A., Ph.D. Candidate - Productivity During Pandemic	Black Christian Millennials "Doing Religion" In and Outside of the Black Church with Shaonta' Allen M.A., Ph.D. Candidate - Productivity During Pandemic In this talk, Shaonta' Allen shares findings from her PhD dissertation on the individual experiences of religion of Black Christian Millenials. She identifies the experience of tension young… religion christian cress speaker series social sciences (social issues) shaonta shaonta allen sociology allison van michelle dion millenials christianity church millennials history lot participants kind identities tension identity christians literature consciousness dissertation slavery institution ways role culture From Allison Van 23 plays 0
Building a Digital Space for Qualitative Research… duration 50 minutes 2 seconds Building a Digital Space for Qualitative Research… Building a Digital Space for Qualitative Research Collaboration with Dr. Kim Fortun	Building a Digital Space for Qualitative Research Collaboration with Dr. Kim Fortun In this talk, Dr. Kim Fortun will walk participants through the Platform for Experimental, Collaborative Ethnography (PECE, pronounced “peace”), an open-source, freely accessible digital… machine learning men lot words science intersectionality power model methods word method vector scientists statistics culture identities economy century kind peace piece archive things platform infrastructure researchers questions question space analysis justice projects collaboration field platforms sciences knowledge From Allison Van 18 plays 0
Building Compelling Video for Knowledge… duration 27 minutes 21 seconds Building Compelling Video for Knowledge… Building Compelling Video for Knowledge Mobilization with Supriya Thukral – Productivity During the Pandemic	Building Compelling Video for Knowledge Mobilization with Supriya Thukral – Productivity During the Pandemic Supriya Thukral, Spark's resident videographer, shares practical tips for making compelling video in our Productivity during Pandemic series. She talks video types and tech set-up, and how you… spark cress video From Allison Van 29 plays 0
Centering Positive Change in Research using… duration 47 minutes 53 seconds Centering Positive Change in Research using… Centering Positive Change in Research using Photovoice with Dr. Andrea Belgrade and Dr. Joy Agner	Centering Positive Change in Research using Photovoice with Dr. Andrea Belgrade and Dr. Joy Agner Research 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 the ways social scientists can… things photo lot photos members voice participants questions session clubhouse process clubhouses conversation bit ways methods groups analysis joy folks From Allison Van 3 plays 0 Usage Rights CC0
Challenges and Opportunities in the Measurement… duration 49 minutes 56 seconds Challenges and Opportunities in the Measurement… Challenges and Opportunities in the Measurement of Global Norms with Tyler Girard - Productivity During Pandemic	Challenges and Opportunities in the Measurement of Global Norms with Tyler Girard - Productivity During Pandemic Tyler Girard will be speaking on the construction, adoption, and effects of international norms are major topics of research in political science. However, our approaches to measurement have… spark cress research michelle dion allison van political science productivity pandemic norm adoption norms countries knowledge questions level lgbt laws country approach policies equality question science degree opinion kind canada things From Allison Van 18 plays 0
Compelling Websites with Celine Keomany –… duration 18 minutes 11 seconds Compelling Websites with Celine Keomany –… Compelling Websites with Celine Keomany – Open House	Compelling Websites with Celine Keomany – Open House In this video, Spark's own webmaster, Celine Keomany, talks about how you can build an informative and eye-catching academic website. She shares the elements of an effective academic website,… spark cress celine keomany websites lot colors bit images thing elements resources background color aspects question language science wordpress headings team ideas audience composition theme voice From Allison Van 48 plays 0
Complex Systems Toolkit: An Introduction with… duration 20 minutes 52 seconds Complex Systems Toolkit: An Introduction with… Complex Systems Toolkit: An Introduction with Allison Van – Open House Fall 2021	Complex Systems Toolkit: An Introduction with Allison Van – Open House Fall 2021 September 24, 2021 Spark: a centre for social research innovation exists to help solve challenges that come up in social research education and applications.Each session will introduce one of… lot things methods processes complexity approaches range kinds knowledge kind ways experience process experiences collection mobilization thing groups decision interviews researchers percent idea experiments change populations ideas analysis network equations effects systems —it blah From Allison Van 56 plays 0
Computational Social Science Toolkit: An… duration 20 minutes 55 seconds Computational Social Science Toolkit: An… Computational Social Science Toolkit: An Introduction with Michelle Dion – Open House Fall 2021	Computational Social Science Toolkit: An Introduction with Michelle Dion – Open House Fall 2021 Spark has organized the vast and ever changing world of social research methods into seven toolkits. In this Open House series, the Academic Director and Executive Director of Spark introduce… kind types science questions methods things sciences mcmaster summer lot faculty student graduate tools students relevance ethics training researchers issues scientists media nature humanities courses theory talk ai text From Allison Van 7 plays 0
Conservation Psychology as a Pathway to Change… duration 59 minutes 6 seconds Conservation Psychology as a Pathway to Change… Conservation Psychology as a Pathway to Change and Action with Dr. Rupu Gupta - Productivity During Pandemic	Conservation Psychology as a Pathway to Change and Action with Dr. Rupu Gupta - Productivity During Pandemic In this talk, Dr. Rupu Gupta will share her work in research and evaluation in the field of conservation psychology. She discusses how conservation psychology can be a means to tackle the complex… rupu gupta cress allison van conservation psychology communities nature kind level field evaluation change resilience groups conservation lot model psychology environment schoolyards capacity partners ways things ground From Allison Van 16 plays 0