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Toolkits
Real Life Methods has now finished. This series continues as part of Realities, which develops and extends the work of Real Life Methods. View full toolkits series on Realities website.
Our toolkits are designed to share experience and expertise on the practical aspects of doing research in real life situations.
Door Knocking as a Method of Recruiting a Sample [new window, 83 kb] Katherine Davies, University of Manchester, July 2008. Supporting documents:
- Leaflet used before door knocking [new window, 196 kb]
- Accompanying letter used with leaflet [new window, 24 kb]
- Leaflet used to increase the number of male respondents [new window, 203 kb]
Participant Produced Video: Giving participants camcorders as a social research methods [new window, 137 kb] Stewart Muir , University of Manchester, July 2008
Participatory Mapping: An innovative sociological method [new window, 422 kb] Nick Emmel, University of Leeds, July 2008
Putting on an exhibition to disseminate your research [new window, 188 kb] Hazel Burke, University of Manchester, July 2008
Informed Consent in Visual Research [new window, 1.3Mb] Katherine Davies, University of Manchester, July 2008. Supporting documents:
- Sample photo consent form sent to participants [new window, 10 kb]
- Sample letter sent to participants with consent form [new window, 6kb]
