Int'l Journal of Social Research Methodology

How can surveys stay short w/o losing data quality? This study tests split questionnaire designs with single-topic modules plus an extended core module versus mixed-topic modules. Results show that mixed-topic modules still provide superior imputations. …cialresearchmethodology.wordpress.com/2026/01/16/com…

Struggling to recruit participants for your data donation study? Try tailored messaging! Our experiments show that addressing concerns about digital skills & trust can re-engage refusers and modestly boost willingness to donate. @edeleonw @favstats …cialresearchmethodology.wordpress.com/2026/01/16/can…

This paper challenges the use of fuzzy sets in QCA and suggests linguistic hedges as a superior alternative. …cialresearchmethodology.wordpress.com/2026/01/16/mak…

How does students' reporting behavior, captured via multiple indicators, vary? We show it is shaped by gender-related, socioeconomic, and geographic factors at country, school, and individual levels. Key insights for survey data users. @HVonkova …cialresearchmethodology.wordpress.com/2026/01/16/inv…

Want to design or reflect on #ParticipatoryResearch or #Co-production? It was adapted from the wheel of consent - see core questions & role-play exercise in the article @HJGardiner @DrCPettingerRD …cialresearchmethodology.wordpress.com/2026/01/16/but…

Check out this newly published IJSRM article: “Can literature reviews be both interpretive and systematic? Revisiting Critical Interpretive Reviews” tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Check out this newly published IJSRM article: “Getting past current versions of university websites: using the Internet Archive in a project finding Australian sociology PhDs” tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

What happens when a face-to-face survey goes self-administered? Our new paper examines how mode transitions affect nonresponse bias, sample composition, and measurement error. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Check out this newly published IJSRM article: “Human Trafficking in the Kyrgyz Republic: How Roadblocks, Barriers, and Methodological Challenges Transformed an Investigation” tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Check out this newly published IJSRM article: “Sources cited analysis: balancing safety and transparency with confidential interview evidence” tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Check out this newly published IJSRM article: “The Impact of Commitments on Longitudinal Survey Attrition” tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Check out this newly published IJSRM article: “Response burden and survey participation: Experimental evidence on the effect of interview length on non-response conversion” tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Check out this newly published IJSRM article: “AI as research partner: Key implications of using AI for data visualization in qualitative research” tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

What happens when researchers and practitioners become interlocutors? This paper explores how an “accompanying approach” in the humanities/social sciences enables access to tacit knowledge through immersion-in-practice and dialogical knowledge production. …cialresearchmethodology.wordpress.com/2025/11/21/est…

Check out this newly published IJSRM article: “Education bias in probability-based surveys in Germany: Evidence and possible solutions” tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Check out this newly published IJSRM article: “Specifying other: a content analysis of race and ethnicity responses from online surveys among students in higher education” tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Check out this newly published IJSRM article: “Does Data Quality Vary Across the Semester? An Assessment of Data Quality from an Undergraduate Participant Pool” tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Check out this newly published IJSRM article: “Decisions and justifications when recounting social science research” tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Check out the newly published IJSRM article: “Multimodal Approaches to the Reconstruction of Street Protest Events using Publicly Available Information: Methodological Issues” tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

How do we navigate ethical boundaries in participatory action research? This article uses poetry to reflect on the everyday politics of care with refugee-background youth. #PAR #ResearchEthics #RefugeeEd #Autoethnography #NZ …cialresearchmethodology.wordpress.com/2025/11/13/eth…