Peter Grimbeek online : A fine blend of work & pleasure |
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Research methods, and statistical backgroundMy statistical training is quantitative and experimental (PhD Psychology: Perception - completed 1997). I work as a statistical advisor/research methodologist within Education and Health at Griffith University and elsewhere, and have done so since 1999. While I'm interested in a range of research activities, many of my clients do survey based research. So, I've whiled away many an hour helping to design (demography, items, scales, instrument usability) and analyse surveys (Nonparametric analyses, parametric analyses, SEM, Optimal Scaling, Rasch item analysis). It's not surprising then that the stats blog includes some rules of thumb on survey analysis. I regularly use an automated text analysis tool, Leximancer, for conversation and text analysis. I no longer do any teaching but did for some years teach the elements of research design to Master of Education and other postgraduate students, with a stress on relating methods to research strategies(positivist or post-positivist). I also taught mainly qualitative methods to Doctor of Education (EdD) students. Prior to her early retirement, I worked as a private consultant on the methods and methodologies associated with two of Associate Professor Penny McKay's (School of Cultural and Language Studies in Education, QUT) ARC Linkage grant proposals. The ARC funded both but the industry partner backed out in one case. I contributed to the EIDOS ICT curriculum project, Measuring technology, previously, and am currently involved in a couple of EIDOS projects to do with the labour market (one in process, the other at the proposal stage). Peter Grimbeek |