Young Digital: Annotated bibliography on data analysis

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ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY: DATA ANALYSIS

This document lists a range of sources of information about data analysisfor research using digital media methods. The sources listed include webpages, textbooks and journal articles. All web pages are free to accessexcept where indicated. This resource was produced in 2012 for YoungDigital: www.youngdigital.net

General data analysis

University of the West of England Data Analysis Online LearningProgramme

http://hsc.uwe.ac.uk/dataanalysis/index.asp Accessible introduction to both qualitative and quantitative analysis,designed to suit a wide range of practitioners. Qualitative branch containssubsections on visual and narrative data analysis, with practical exercisesand suggestions for further reading. Quantitative section gives definitionsof different data types and their uses, again offering exercises to introduceand refine technique.

David, M. and Sutton, C. (2011) Social Research (2nd ed.) London:Sage.

http://www.uk.sagepub.com/books/Book232209

Comprehensive guide for social science researchers, covering qualitativeand quantitative methods. Qualitative sections include strategies forresearch design and analysis relating to interviews, focus groups,secondary documents, semiotic analysis and ethnography. Quantitative

chapters introduce primary concepts and build towards more advancedanalysis, all with guided practical instruction. Discussions of analyticalsoftware are reasonably up to date, e.g. SPSS 18 and Nvivo 8.


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NHS Education for Scotland Quantitative Research

http://www.nes.scot.nhs.uk/nes_resources/ti/QuantativeResearch.pdf

Beginners introduction to quantitative methods, highlighting key conceptsand definitions. Distinguishes between different types of methodologicalapproach and the contexts in which they are most useful. Althoughdesigned for health practitioners, this serves as a basic introduction foranyone new to quantitative analysis or needing a refresher on key termsand principles.

Methods@Manchester Survey-related Methods

http://www.methods.manchester.ac.uk/methods/survey-related.shtml

Thorough overview of different varieties of data modelling and analysis.Each method is described in detail with examples, and accompanied byvideo explanations and suggestions for further reading. Presented in anacademic context, but widely applicable across disciplines and sectors.

Introduction to Qualitative Data Analysis http://onlineqda.hud.ac.uk/Intro_QDA/index.php

Comprehensive guide to qualitative analysis methods, featuring a veryuseful A-Z introduction to particular approaches, some common (e.g.,ethnography, discourse analysis, action research) others more specialist(e.g., objective hermeneutics, phenomenography). Offers guides onpractical measures such as data coding, transcription and writing style. Allsections contain links to further reading.

Crang, M. (2005) Analysing qualitative materials. In: Flowerdew, R.and Martin, D. (eds.) Methods in Human Geography . Harlow:Prentice Hall, pp. 218-232

http://www.pearsoned.co.uk/bookshop/detail.asp?item=100000000016071

An instructive introductory chapter on how to best organise, analyse andpresent various forms of qualitative data. Contains a section on softwarefor qualitative analysis (though this will be somewhat dated, given its 2005publication). Although presented in the context of human geography


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research, the chapter takes a generalist approach with relevance for otherdisciplines and non-academic research.

Charmaz, K. (2006). Constructing Grounded Theory: A PracticalGuide Through Qualitative Analysis. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

http://bit.ly/NaZGKh

A thorough but accessible introduction to grounded theory. Addressescritical historical debates in the evolution of qualitative methods, making acase for the contemporary relevance of grounded theory. Advises on keypractical techniques with widespread application throughout social science,while advocating a data-defined approach to analysis.

Fielding, N. (2012) The Diverse Worlds and Research Practices of Qualitative Software. Forum: Qualitative Social Research 13(2): 12

http://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/1845

This paper considers how new research communities or citizenresearchers outside the academic realm have utilised qualitative researchsoftware. Gives an overview of specific software capabilities and their

usefulness to individuals, communities and NGOs, while also arguing forthe incorporation of the resultant data in academic research .

Hine, C. (ed.) (2005) Virtual Methods: Issues in Social Research onthe Internet . Oxford: Berg.

http://www.bergpublishers.com/?tabid=1094

Edited volume covering multiple methodologies and analytical techniquesfor online communication. Chapters include examples and practicaldiscussions of e-mail interviewing, virtual ethnographies, content analysisand GIS, also touching upon questions of access, ethics and relationsbetween researcher and subjects. Technical considerations may besomewhat dated but the broader themes are still relevant.

Visual methodologies


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Pink, S. (ed.) (2012). Advances in Visual Methodology. London:Sage.

http://www.uk.sagepub.com/books/Book235866#tabview=title

A collection of essays on visual methodologies, aimed at refining theory,demonstrating practical techniques and setting an agenda for visualmethods in interdisciplinary research. Pinks introductory essay grounds thearray of practices collated under the visual methodology label incontemporary debates, while subsequent chapters explore its variousimplications and potentials. Considerable attention given to digital media.

Learn Higher Visual Research Methods

http://www.brighton.ac.uk/visuallearning/visual-research-methods/

An introduction to visual methodologies aimed at researchers workingacross various disciplines and sectors. Links to several resources, includingscholarly articles, cross-disciplinary research portals and examples of

visually oriented projects. Intended as a general overview to acquaintresearchers with specific methods and contextualise visual methodologiesmore generally.

Visual Methodologies Companion Website

http://www.sagepub.com/rose/home.htm

A website developed to accompany Rose, G. (2011) VisualMethodologies (3 rd ed.), Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage. Most effectivewhen used in conjunction with the book, but also useful as a standaloneresource. Numerous components of visual methodologies are introducedand explained, supported by examples and links to complementarywebsites. Practical exercises are provided for techniques such assemiology, discourse analysis, audience research and compositionalinterpretation.

Video analysis

Jewitt, C. (2012) An introduction to using video for research. NCRMworking paper (Unpublished). NCRM.


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http://eprints.ncrm.ac.uk/2259/

Thorough guide to using video in research, addressing theoretical andpractical issues in detail. Provides an outline of varied applications of videoanalysis before highlighting key theoretical debates and questions

concerning video's 'potentials and constraints'. The paper's final sectionfocuses on technical and practical considerations, from footage types tocamera position.

Pink, S. and Mackley, K. (2012) Video and a Sense of the Invisible:Approaching Domestic Energy Consumption Through the SensoryHome. Sociological Research Online 17(1): 3

http://www.socresonline.org.uk/17/1/3.html

An exploratory exercise in which video tours of research participants homes are used to uncover otherwise invisible or unacknowledgedpatterns of energy use. Serves as an instructive example of how video cancapture the spontaneous interaction often edited out of otherpresentational formats, as well as how video footage can be integrated intowritten research results.

Visible Voices (2009) Changing Lives

http://www.methodspace.com/profiles/blogs/using-video-for-research

A short film (16 minutes) about the use of video as a research tool andcommunity development strategy in Kyrgyzstan. Integrates extracts fromparticipatory video projects into a broader narrative about methodologyand the potential for communities to steer the direction of research througha participatory approach utilising digital camcorders.

Garrett, B. (2011) Videographic geographies: Using digital video forgeographic research. Progress in Human Geography 35: 521.

http://phg.sagepub.com/content/35/4/521.short (subscription required)

A review paper that considers the historical use of video analysis in thesocial sciences (particularly human geography), arguing for a strongerrecognition of its potential. Garrett suggests that digital video canreconfigure the power relations in research by mimetically revealing


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relationships and events, thus depriving an author of exclusive claims to(textual) representation.

Laurier, E., Strebel, I. and Brown, B. (2008) Video Analysis:Lessons from Professional Video Editing Practice. Forum:Qualitative Social Research 9(3): 37

http://www.qualitative-research.net/index.php/fqs/article/view/1168/2579

The authors explore how observing the professional editing process cancontribute to improved research analysis when using video methods. Thepaper offers a brief but helpful overview of the uses of video data in socialscience before taking a more technical turn by revealing how editingconstructs (or changes) meaning from the raw material of recordedfootage.

Online media analysis

Miller, D. (2011) Tales from Facebook . London: Polity Press.

http://politybooks.com/book.asp?ref=9780745652092

Less a study of Facebook itself than one of how socio-cultural phenomenaare mediated through the digital network, and in turn how the presentationof information on Facebook reciprocally impacts individuals and widersociety. Limits analysis to Trinidad in an attempt to demonstrate themalleability and particularity of social networks when adopted by specificuser groups.

Digital Youth Research (2012)

http://digitalyouth.ischool.berkeley.edu/

Portal for a multi-institutional research programme concerning youth anddigital technology. Several research strands are represented, with contentpresented in various formats. There are numerous examples of onlinecontent analysis among the different projects, employing multiplemethodologies and analytical techniques. Extensive publications list.


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Murthy, D. (2008) Digital Ethnography: An Examination of the Useof New Technologies for Social Research. Sociology 42: 837-855.

http://soc.sagepub.com/content/42/5/837.short (subscription required)

An intervention aimed at justifying the relevance of digital content in telling social stories, the familiar remit of traditional ethnography. Looksspecifically at online questionnaires, social networking websites, digitalvideo and blogs, offering examples of how each technology can beproductively utilised in research, while noting that disparities of technological access can limit the reach of these methods.

Hogan, B. (2008) Analysing social networks via the Internet. In:Fielding, N., Lee, R. and Blank, G. (eds.) The Handbook of OnlineResearch Methods. Sage: Thousand Oaks, pp. 141-160

http://bit.ly/Mhphg9

Combines network theory with relatively advanced technical instruction forpurposes of analysing the large, publicly accessible datasets containedwithin online social networks. Potentially very useful for researchers hopingto access the data repositories of expansive social networks but lacking therequisite technical knowledge. URL links to a pre-release version of book

chapter.

Snickars, P. and Vonderau, P. (eds.) (2009) The YouTube Reader .Stockholm: National Library of Sweden.

http://www.youtubereader.com/

A large volume containing numerous analyses of YouTube as a social,technological and cultural phenomenon, as well as an abundant source of research data. While early sections of the book focus primarily on thesignificance of YouTube, latter parts consider the site's content as aresearch tool or easily accessible 'digital archive'. Free pdf copy of the bookavailable through website.

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