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Research Methods
As part of social science research, scholars must make decisions about research design, data collection, analysis, and the interpretation of results. This can be particularly challenging for emerging scholars without much experience conducting research.
I hope to provide some practical recommendations and advice for scholars through a series of papers. These articles discuss best practices for digital hygiene and data protection when working with human subjects (with Güez Salinas), and conducting experiments on public policy using Amazon's Mechanical Turk.
Finally, I am editing a handbook with R. Joseph Huddleston and Patrick James that provides a practical guide for research in international relations. We hope this will prove especially useful for graduate students and established researchers who may be taking on new projects, learning new methods, or reformulating their approach to IR.
Publications and Works in Progress:
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Thomas Jamieson and Güez Salinas. 2018. “Protecting Human Subjects in the Digital Age: Issues and Best Practices of Data Protection.” Survey Practice 11(2): 1-9.
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Thomas Jamieson. 2019. "Using Amazon's Mechanical Turk for Experiments on Public Opinion about Public Policy." SAGE Research Methods Cases.
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R. Joseph Huddleston, Thomas Jamieson, and Patrick James (eds.). Handbook of Research Methods in International Relations. Cheltenham, UK; Northampton, MA: Edward Elgar Publishing, forthcoming.