Research Methods Resources

Research Methods Resources

Research designs

This page is under construction but we have included already some resources so you can use them for teaching.

General

I.M. Wilson and S. Abeyasekera. 2006. Writing up research protocols: a statistical perspective. Statistical Services Centre. The University of Reading. 32 pp. + annexes

Experiments

A checklist for preparing protocols when conducting on-farm trials.

checklist - on-farm.doc

A checklist for preparing protocols when conduction on-station trials.

checklist - on-station.doc

Statistical Services Centre. 2000. Concepts underlying the design of experiments. Statistical Services Centre, The University of Reading. 17 pp

Concepts Underlying the Design of Experiments.pdf

A brief PowerPoint presentation on designing experiments

Designing Experiments.ppt

Richard Coe, Steven Franzel, Jan Beniest, Carlos Barahona. 2003. Designing participatory on-farm experiments. Resources for trainers. World Agroforestry Centre. 135 pp

designing participatory on-farm experiments.pdf

Chapter 4.3 of The Green Book: "Designing experiments", written by Richard Coe.

GBchap4_3.pdf

Good practice in on-farm studies - based on a joint NRSP/CPP project in Bolivia.

Good Practice in On-farm Studies - Case Study No.3.pdf

Click here to a copy of the page of all the case studies of SSC. Click here to go to the source URL.

A PowerPoint presentation by Ric Coe on designing data collection for experiments and for surveys

Designing data collection - Ric Coe.ppt

Surveys

A PowerPoint presentation by Ric Coe on designing surveys

Designing Surveys.ppt

Chapter 4.4 of The Green Book: "Designing surveys", written by Erica Keogh.

Steve Franzel, 1996. Developing a Questionnaire for a Formal Survey of Rural Households.

Developing a questionnaire.DOC

A brief but powerful PowerPoint presentation by Diane Russell with a view on surveys.

An anthropologists view of surveys.ppt

Marsland N, Wilson I, Abeyasekera S, Kleih U. A methodological framework for combining quantitative and qualitative survey methods. National Resources Institute, University of Greenwich. Statistical Services Centre, University of Reading. 24 pp.

Carlos Barahona, Sarah Levy. 2002. How to generate statistics and influence policy using participatory methods in research. Statistical Services Centre, The University of Reading. 68 pp

Richard Coe, 1996. Sample size determination in farmer surveys.

Statistical Services Centre. 2000. Some basic ideas of sampling. Statistical Services Centre, The University of Reading. 17 pp

Some Basic Ideas of Sampling.pdf

Robert Ferber, Chair Paul Sheatsley, Anthony Turner, Joseph Waksberg. What is a survey. Report of the American Statistical Association. Copied from http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~robinh/survey1.txt 

Research Methods Resources

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