Working Papers
Real Life Methods has now finished, though this working paper series continues as part of Realities.
Our working papers are about methods and methodologies for researching the many dimensions of real lives. They range from full academic papers to shorter, accessible guidance and briefing notes.
Click on the paper title to open the paper as a pdf in a new window. You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to open these files. If you do not have this installed on your computer, you can download a free plugin from the Adobe website. Please contact us for a large print version of any paper.
Assessing Satisfaction: Insights from a multi-methods study [new window, 271 kb] Josephine Green, University of York, with Helen Statham and Wendy Solomou, Centre for Family Research, University of Cambridge, April 2008
Understanding
Community: A review of networks, ties and contacts [new
window, 390 kb]
Andrew Clark, University of Leeds, May 2007
Diversity
and Subjectivity within Qualitative Psychology
Brendan Gough, Nottingham Trent University and Anna Madill, University of Leeds, January 2007
(This paper is not available for download at the moment.)
Anonymising
research data [new window, 2.26 MB]
Andrew Clark, University of Leeds, December 2006
Six
strategies for mixing methods and linking data in social science research
[new window, 724 kb]
Jennifer Mason, University of Manchester, July 2006
Researching
with visual images: Some guidance notes and a glossary for beginners [new
window, 198 kb]
Jon Prosser, University of Leeds,
July 2006
Combining
data, enhancing explanation [new window, 253
kb]
Sarah Irwin,
University of Leeds,
July 2006
Themes from this paper have been developed in a book chapter: Irwin, S (2008) 'Data analysis and interpretation: emergent issues in linking qualitative and quantitative evidence', in Hesse-Biber, S N and Leavy, P (eds) Handbook of Emergent Methods, New York: Guilford. (ISBN: 978-1-59385-147-7).
Lone
motherhoods in context [new window, 279
kb]
Vanessa May, University of Manchester,
July 2006
