Methods Courses and Textbooks Online

• Lots of course documentation at the US Academy of Management Research Methods Division
• Impressive methodology resources from the National Coordinating Centre for Health Technology Assessment:
• Qualitative Research Methods
• Randomised vs Non-randomised studies
• Introduction to Statistical Methods
• Publication and other biases in Literature Reviews
• Action Research
• Design and Use of Questionnaires
• American Statistical Association “What is a Survey?” series
• David Lane's HyperStat Online Textbook
• Graziano & Raulin’s Research Methods: A Process of Enquiry
• Self-study Learning Package in Research Methods
• Internet for Social Statistics
• Alison Galloway’s Workbook on Questionnaire Design and Analysis
• Monash University’s Course on Research Methods and Philosophy of Psychology
• Lyle Zinda’s Philosophy of Science Lectures at Princeton University
• Malcolm Forster’s Philosophy and Science Course
• Andy Van de Ven's course on Theory Building and Research Design
• David Harvey’s introduction to Quantitative Research Methods
• A collection of links and references for graduate students at Swansea University’s European Business Management School
• Introductory/Revision Material from Sociology.org.uk on Social Research Methods and Methodology. (Note that the files are compressed so you will need something like winzip to extract them).
• Colin Bryson’s pages on preparing for an undergraduate research project in business and management studies
• Judith Scott & Susan Silbey on “Turning an Internship into a Research Opportunity” (useful introductory guide for students preparing to do work placement ("internship") research projects)
• John Kmetz’s Consumer Guide to Business and Management Research
• Joel West’s 2000 Academy workshop on Statistical Software and Freeware for Data Analysis in Management
• A Reading List for a research methods course
• Another Reading List
• Ian Johnston’s Introductory Handbook on Probability, Statistics, and Excel
• A Home Page for a Philosophy of Science course (be sure to check out the “Coursework” link at the bottom of the page)
• The Ism Book: A Field Guide to the Nomenclature of Philosophy