Wednesday, February 4, 2015

My ResearchGate questions

I've become a big fan of the social networking site ResearchGate.com. It's a great place to publicize your research, and follow the research of friends and colleagues. Lately, I've been using it as a place to post questions (and answer some) that otherwise would lead me down online rabbit holes looking for answers. If you're on ResearchGate you can see the questions I've posted, so this blog post is more for myself. I've posted so many (and on related topics), that I've decided it's easiest to list them here for my own reference. Otherwise I lose track of them, and I feel bad leaving a loose end and not saying thanks to those who have posted. Here they are in chronological order (roughly) and grouped by topic.

1) Interviewer-respondent interaction, sociolinguistics, and psycholinguistics

https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_are_your_favorite_books_and_papers_on_quantitative_statistical_analysis_in_sociolinguistics_or_psycholinguistics

2) Professional/career issues

CV
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Can_anyone_recommend_a_CV_category_for_edited_but_not_peer-reviewed_articles

Discipline v. Field 
https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_is_the_difference_between_the_words_discipline_and_field

OneNote software
https://www.researchgate.net/post/How_to_make_OneNote_operate_more_efficiently

Reference management software
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Will_you_fill_out_my_survey_on_reference_management_software


3) Statistics generally (including data management)

Data analysis workflow
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Statistical_analysis_and_data_management_workflow

Data documentation
https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_are_your_favorite_model_surveys_for_the_extensiveness_and_instructiveness_of_data_collection_and_or_data_analysis_documentation

Emacs
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Has_anyone_put_together_an_Emacs_starter_kit_for_social_scientists_like_Kieran_Healys_but_for_PC

MLM
https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_are_your_favorite_contemporary_papers_on_multilevel_binary_and_multinomial_logistic_regression_with_survey_weighted_data

https://www.researchgate.net/post/Best_applied_statistics_books_on_nonlinear_mixed_models

p-values and multiple testing error
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Can_anyone_help_with_this_possible_misunderstanding_about_p-values_in_multiple_testing

Reliability analysis
https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_are_the_proper_techniques_for_analyzing_reliability_of_categorical_variables_with_a_large_number_of_categories

Variable recoding
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Do_you_like_to_use_0_or_1_as_the_base_category_for_your_categorical_nominal_and_ordinal_variables

4) Bullying and peer victimization

https://www.researchgate.net/post/Has_anyone_conducted_a_survey_of_school_teachers_and_administrators_asking_about_how_they_develop_or_choose_their_bullying_prevention_programs

5) Nonresponse 

Participation request sequencing
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Within-household_interviews_Better_to_ask_for_more_upfront_or_later

Age and nonresponse
https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_is_the_relationship_between_age_and_nonresponse_bias


6) Sexuality research

https://www.researchgate.net/post/Does_anyone_have_a_survey_collecting_sexual_orientation_data_on_teens_or_older_adults

https://www.researchgate.net/post/Are_gay_and_lesbian_people_less_likely_than_straight_people_to_report_their_sexual_orientation_in_surveys 


7) About ResearchGate itself

https://www.researchgate.net/post/Should_ResearchGate_develop_an_app_or_mobile_site


8) Surveying minors 

Parental consent
https://www.researchgate.net/post/Why_do_parents_refuse_to_let_their_teenage_kids_participate_in_surveys

Incentives
https://www.researchgate.net/post/What_is_an_effective_amount_to_offer_a_teenager_13-18_to_do_a_15_min_phone_survey