Research

Research Tools - Online Tools (eTools)

EastRen Research Manual
An online research methods manual produced by EastRen.

Health Education Board for Scotland (HEBS) R&E Toolbox
HEBS Research Toolbox is an in-depth tool advising those managing, doing and using research.

RCN Research & Development Co-ordinating Centre
A site designed to provide easy-to-access means of sharing information on research and practice development in nursing.

The Question Bank
The Question Bank contains a large number of questions which have been used in major quantitative social surveys in the United Kingdom. The Question Bank includes material from technical manuals, technical appendices from survey reports etc.; lists and explanations of terms and operational definitions used in data collection; methodological notes; and harmonised question forms used in government surveys.

STATS - STeve's Attempt to Teach Statistics
An online statistics course for the beginner - very useful for troubleshooting and answering frequently asked questions.

Prior Publication Policy (PDF)
Click to read the policy.

Advice on developing good posters

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Data sets

MIMAS Manchester Information & Associated Services
Provides networked access to key data and information resources to support teaching, learning and research across a wide range of disciplines. MIMAS services are available free of charge to users at eligible institutions - although site subscriptions are required for a number of the data and information resources.

UK Data Archive
UK Data Archive is a specialist national resource containing accessible computer readable data in social sciences and humanities in the UK.


Information and Statistics Division ISD
ISD Online - the leading source of health data in Scotland offers a topic based service, providing the latest news and publications as well as a range of other topics and links to related sites.


National Statistics
Provides facilities for searching the latest comprehensive range of official UK statistics and information about statistics as well as providing free access to a selection of recently released publications and press releases in downloadable formats.


EDINA Edinburgh Data and Information Access
Provides national online services for the UK tertiary education and research community.


NESSTAR Networked Social Science Tools and Resources
NESSTAR is an infrastructure for data dissemination via the Internet. NESSTAR Explorer is a free download tool for searching, analysing and downloading data and documentations.

Sample size calculator
This Sample Size Calculator is presented as a public service of Creative Research Systems. You can use it to determine how many people you need to interview in order to get results that reflect the target population as precisely as needed. You can also find the level of precision you have in an existing sample.

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Scottish School of Primary Care