Category Archives: snowball sample

#acwrimo work in progress: how to research academic blogging?

Posted on November 8, 2012 by pat thomson

In this post Thesis Whisperer opens up the issues around METHODS – how to actually do the research we need to do on our joint paper on academic blogs. The methods section, especially in a project that includes empirical research, … Continue reading →

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can you write about mess in your thesis and if so how? part two

Posted on July 16, 2012 by pat thomson

Peter Matthews continues his post about writing about the messy bits of his research. In my previous post I reported the “positive story” of my fieldwork – reflecting on that feeling of “connection” with my research participants in the narrative … Continue reading →