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.
