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53:06 Identifying racism in predictive policing with… Identifying racism in predictive policing with Andrea DaViera	Identifying racism in predictive policing with Andrea DaViera Predictive policing is a tool used increasingly by law enforcement agencies around the world, but legal scholars, critics, and community activists have argued that such technologies are inherently… police things race systems policing idea racism person risk thing violence arrest theory lot poverty score dataset ethnicity variables reasons From Allison Van 0 plays 0 Usage Rights CC0
50:07 Moving from What Works to What Replicates with… Moving from What Works to What Replicates with Bryan Cook and Vivian Wong	Moving from What Works to What Replicates with Bryan Cook and Vivian Wong The overarching mission of many social science researchers is to understand “what works” for improving life outcomes. However, mounting evidence suggests that results from many studies do… replication studies study assumptions registration reproducibility effect characteristics field settings effects practices science things analysis intervention lot methods procedures treatment spark talks innovation From Allison Van 1 plays 0 Usage Rights CC0
51:29 Turning critique into promise: How situationalism… Turning critique into promise: How situationalism can aid qualitative interviewing with Anders Vassenden and Marte Mangset	Turning critique into promise: How situationalism can aid qualitative interviewing with Anders Vassenden and Marte Mangset In their talk, Vassenden and Mangset answer to a recent interactionist/situationist critique of qualitative interviews. This critique holds that because interviews are social encounters with… interviews interview situation things class questions norms problem situations interviewer lot study ethnography findings studies bit method meaning sociology bureaucrats spark talks innovation From Allison Van 3 plays 0 Usage Rights CC0
52:57 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 4 plays 0 Usage Rights CC0
52:52 Give up Your Mic: Exploring Capacity Building in… Give up Your Mic: Exploring Capacity Building in CBPR Partnerships with Joy Kaufman and Keisha April	Give up Your Mic: Exploring Capacity Building in CBPR Partnerships with Joy Kaufman and Keisha April Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is an equity-focused research method that seeks to involve and empower community partners in collectively developed research, but initiatives often fail… equity-focused research cbpr partnership community partners empower perspectives process families favor members team staff initiative partnership ownership fsms grant partners conversation training organization skills individuals folks role questions From Allison Van 4 plays 0 Usage Rights CC0
59:38 Research Creation as Responsive Design with Julia… Research Creation as Responsive Design with Julia Brook & Colleen Reihan	Research Creation as Responsive Design with Julia Brook & Colleen Reihan In 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 transformed from a face-to-face… music theatre accessibility older adults spark talks participants singing songs kind song process dancing session person researchers opportunities feedback literature community engagement From Allison Van 7 plays 0 Usage Rights CC0
01:00:53 Introduction to Impact Evaluation with Paul Bakker Introduction to Impact Evaluation with Paul Bakker	Introduction to Impact Evaluation with Paul Bakker In this talk, Paul Bakker, Credentialed Evaluator, will provide an introduction to the practice of impact evaluation. Topics will include: what is evaluation, how it differs from other types of… evaluation social impact spark talks training impact things outcomes lot thing evaluations logic impacts validity level field change schools outcome end practice grade cops injuries allison paul —what bakker van From Allison Van 41 plays 0 Usage Rights CC0
54:12 Constructing “mental health research”… Constructing “mental health research” among (im)migrant communities with Zoha Salam	Constructing “mental health research” among (im)migrant communities with Zoha Salam This Spark Talk will discuss considerations of qualitative approaches to “research” involving topics of “mental health” among immigrant communities. Issues of the limitations… canada racism care immigrants immigration things idea refugees communities race experiences lot equity forms groups ideas whiteness government policies e.g. ethics From Allison Van 6 plays 0
50:44 Privacy and "The Biggest Lie on the… Privacy and "The Biggest Lie on the Internet" with Dr. Jonathan Obar	Privacy and "The Biggest Lie on the Internet" with Dr. Jonathan Obar This talk will introduce audience members to the "the biggest lie on the internet" (known as "I agree to the terms and conditions"). Online consent is fundamental to privacy law… consent policies lie notice problem wrap button words things study lot talk discrimination concerns process participants app protections providers min thing From Allison Van 3 plays 0
54:24 Transparency and Reproducibility: Doing Open… Transparency and Reproducibility: Doing Open Quantitative Social Science with Jeremy Freese	Transparency and Reproducibility: Doing Open Quantitative Social Science with Jeremy Freese Increasing the transparency and reproducibility of scientific research has received considerable attention over the past decade. Takeup of this call has varied considerably over the social sciences,… science things lot thing idea ways reproducibility survey findings paper jeremy folder replication practices kind kinds movement sheep issue ideas From Allison Van 7 plays 0
59:00 Qualitative Research Methods 101 with Allison Van… Qualitative Research Methods 101 with Allison Van - Spark Talk	Qualitative Research Methods 101 with Allison Van - Spark Talk Allison Van is the Executive Director of Spark: a centre for social research innovation at McMaster University. She specializes in mixed-methods complex systems analysis, community/academic… methods things question questions process lot experiences analysis thing bit processes topic kind coding experience talk end statement context sense allison spark From Allison Van 41 plays 0
35:14 Security Options for Sensitive Data with Lily Wang Security Options for Sensitive Data with Lily Wang	Security Options for Sensitive Data with Lily Wang Data security is becoming increasingly important in today's research climate.  In this talk, led by Lily Wang, Manager of the Securie Empirical Analysis Lab (SEAL), we will discuss… access storage seal researchers network computer researcher lab lot cloud encryption options questions analysis controls mcmaster output datasets authentication security lily allison participant van From Allison Van 0 plays 0
57:35 Reproducibility of 1,000 articles; Lessons… Reproducibility of 1,000 articles; Lessons Learned with Lars Vilhuber	Reproducibility of 1,000 articles; Lessons Learned with Lars Vilhuber Toolkit #6: Research QualityThe American Economic Association's Data Editor has reviewed more than 1,000 empirical articles since July 2019, and worked with authors to improve the… things reproducibility access students stuff instance thing journal economics conversation computer point article environment tools lot editor kind package cetera stata institutions From Allison Van 7 plays 0
01:06:00 Linguistic Challenges of Fieldwork for… Linguistic Challenges of Fieldwork for First-Generation Ethnic Researchers with Shirin Khayambashi	Linguistic Challenges of Fieldwork for First-Generation Ethnic Researchers with Shirin Khayambashi This presentation explores my challenges as I tried to navigate the qualitative fieldwork as a first-generation ethnic researcher. While exploring linguistically compatible communities, I encounter… language researcher participant power process interview imbalance question farsi lot field participants challenges gaze culture person experience thing kind consent khayambashi shirin allison rapport van From Allison Van 14 plays 0
59:06 Social Science Methods in Meta Research with Dr.… Social Science Methods in Meta Research with Dr. Zacharias Maniadis	Social Science Methods in Meta Research with Dr. Zacharias Maniadis Meta-research is a new discipline that assesses the quality of research for society.  A new area of interest is how reproducible social interventions translate to efficacious public policy. Social… science economics bit interventions literature tools metal scale intervention studies role reproducibility problem sciences incentives instance things study disciplines hypothesis allison From Allison Van 14 plays 0
50:02 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 16 plays 0
42:52 Intro to Data Management in Research with Data… Intro to Data Management in Research with Data Champions	Intro to Data Management in Research with Data Champions In this talk Moyo Sogaolu and Mohamed Fathalla will discuss research data management (RDM) in the social sciences. They go over what data management looks like, the "reproducibility… reproducibility practices studies analysis plan issues sharing access collection methods organizations loss researchers sciences disciplines journals questions aspects things availability From Allison Van 8 plays 0
47:28 What to Expect in Grad School with Allison Van… What to Expect in Grad School with Allison Van – Spark Talks	What to Expect in Grad School with Allison Van – Spark Talks Starting graduate school? No matter what program or school you're in, this video will help you orient yourself to this big change. Allison Van will talk about how grad school is different from… lot things methods thing graduate spark students mcmaster class couple sort conversation resources place readings kind conversations tools thoughts grad allison talk From Allison Van 21 plays 0
01:35:57 White Supremacy and Statistical Regression Models… White Supremacy and Statistical Regression Models with Dr. Mosi Adesina Ifatunji – Identity In Research	White Supremacy and Statistical Regression Models with Dr. Mosi Adesina Ifatunji – Identity In Research Dr. Ifatunji's talk and workshop will focus on the theoretical and practical considerations for using public datasets such as census data or large-scale opinion surveys to measure identity,… From Allison Van 13 plays 0
47:26 Ethics in Contact-Based Research: Standing Out… Ethics in Contact-Based Research: Standing Out vs. Blending In with Dr. Carolyn Holmes – Spark Talks	Ethics in Contact-Based Research: Standing Out vs. Blending In with Dr. Carolyn Holmes – Spark Talks In this talk, Carolyn will explore the ethical considerations of contact-based research and ask how the identities of researchers and research participants shapes the ethics of research in… things ethics idea sort interactions researcher researchers interlocutors language lot fact science space consent positionality moment confrontation outsider interaction conversation From Allison Van 23 plays 0
50:15 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 From Allison Van 17 plays 0
48:49 The Trump Election and Attitudes toward the… The Trump Election and Attitudes toward the United States in Latin America with Dr. Giancarlo Visconti and Dr. Regina Bateson – Spark Talks	The Trump Election and Attitudes toward the United States in Latin America with Dr. Giancarlo Visconti and Dr. Regina Bateson – Spark Talks Did the election of Donald Trump have an immediate effect on trust in the US government in Latin America? Leveraging the timing of the field implementation of the 2016 wave of the… election paper effect bandwidth survey countries treatment trust bit trump lot things cutoff november outcome government kind assumption placebo score From Allison Van 10 plays 0
56:27 Wins and Losses: Measuring Protest Effects with… Wins and Losses: Measuring Protest Effects with Dr. Kimberly Turner – Spark Talks	Wins and Losses: Measuring Protest Effects with Dr. Kimberly Turner – Spark Talks How can we comparatively assess the “successfulness” of mass protests? I develop an expanded typology of protest outcomes to score protest campaigns on their effectiveness in… protests concessions success movements outcomes movement protest sort kind question costs scores gains measure scholars demonstrators goal definition campaigns government From Allison Van 14 plays 0
45:05 Saving Lives with Better Sound with Dr. Michael… Saving Lives with Better Sound with Dr. Michael Schutz – Spark Talks	Saving Lives with Better Sound with Dr. Michael Schutz – Spark Talks Shockingly, an FDA assessment found that medical device sound issues are linked to hundreds of fatalities each year. Despite the fact that the technology in these life-saving gadgets has grown at an… sounds sound hospitals lot alarms thing tones problem experiment kinds situations alarm problems hospital interfaces amplitude things envelope experiments perception patients From Allison Van 11 plays 0