Effective titles in social science research are short, truthful, and informative
You want people to read your research. When looking for a useful article, titles are often the first thing people see. Titles should be useful — they should let the…
Quantitative Research in the Social Sciences and ChatGPT
We covered a basic approach in How to use ChatGPT in Social Science Research; in this post, we focus on specific issues of using ChatGPT for quantitative research. Caveat: This…
How to write a peer review for an article in a social science journal
Part of being a professional social scientist is to write peer reviews for article in academic journals. This post discusses how to write them. Basic Principles Peer review serves to…
Writing Peer Review in the Social Sciences: Constructive, Honest, and Respectful
Peer review is a fundamental activity in social science. Whether you are a student or a seasoned professor, constructive feedback on your article by your colleagues is a necessary step…
Predicting the Future: Wired Magazine, 2022
The Wired World in 2022 predicted the technological advances and technology-driven changes that will make headlines next year. I read them and made notes so you don’t have to. Here…
Don’t Look Up (2021): Blame, Change, and Social Forces
When “We tried” is not good enough. In a way, the asteroid in Netflix’s dark comedy Don’t Look Up absolves everyone of blame — no one caused the asteroid to appear and…
Distraction-free: Productivity Apps and Devices
Are you a writer? Yes. Do you battle distractions? Yes. Will apps and devices help with that? Probably not. Phones. Cat videos. Hamster videos. We are distracted. I am distracted.…
What is an empirical research article in the social sciences?
Definition and purpose Empirical research articles in the social sciences are documents that communicate research ideas. Articles present the answers to the social scientist’s research questions. The purpose of an…
Arcs and Flow: Good academic writing with examples
What is good academic writing in the social sciences? How to write academic research articles well? We provide the building blocks of good academic writing with examples. In short, good…
Research Questions with Examples
All research starts with a question. We define “research question” and provide examples of research questions in the social sciences. What is a research question? A research question is a…
Knowledge gap and examples
Researchers often talk about the “knowledge gap.” What is the “knowledge gap?” This post explains what the “knowledge gap” is and provides examples from the social sciences. See also At…
How to use ChatGPT in Social Science Research
In this post, I discuss how to use ChatGPT in social science research. The take-away message is: The AI is the assistant and you are the director. See also Artificial…
Artificial Intelligence (AI) and the Social Scientist
As AI increases in use and popularity, the profession of the social sciences will change. AI will eventually change the daily job of the social scientist in terms of research,…
How to think about academic writing in the social sciences
With so many parts to write in a research article, academic writing can seem overwhelming. How should we think about academic writing? In this post, to help with your thinking,…
Academic Writing for Psychology Students
This is for the course “Critical Academic Writing” taught, in English, at the University of Warsaw’s Faculty of Psychology. This course is designed to teach first-year MA students in psychology…
How to write the results section of a research article in the social sciences
When you analyze data, your readers will want to know the results. But, you have lots of data and lots of analyses. How can we best write the results section…
How to write the theory section of a research article in the social sciences
Every empirical research article in the social sciences requires a theory section. When you do research with data, there are dozens of concepts and theories to choose from. But only…
Local Data and Upstream Reporting as Sources of Error in the Covid 19 Undercount
The growth, stability, and decline in cases and mortality due to Covid 19 are generally based on administrative data that various people and organizations collect, harmonize, and aggregate. Many data…
Writing Habits and Writing Strategies
Staring at a white Word doc or looking up at a mountain of scrap notes — you may find yourself stuck. You are stuck because you need to write the…
Sociological Methods for Psychology Students
University of Warsaw: Social Research Specialization Course title Current Topics in Sociology – A Methodological Approach Instructor Dr hab. Joshua K. Dubrow Contact details jdubrow2000[at]gmail.com Affiliation Institute of Philosophy and…
Lone Wolf & Cub: Power, Masculinity, and the Graphic Novel
Lone Wolf & Cub, an iconic Japanese manga first published in 1970, remains a classic because it is a work of art, because it pays exquisite attention to historical detail,…
The Elite: Definition and Identification
Sociology has long examined the concept of “elite” as a group with disproportionate power in society. In this post, we examine classic and contemporary definitions of the elite and methods…
Socioeconomic Status: Definition and Measurement
What is socioeconomic status? Socio-economic status (SES) refers to a specific configuration of material conditions — income, education, and occupational prestige — that impact how people think and behave. In…
Quantitative Approaches to Intersectionality: The Small n Problem
A challenge for intersectional survey research is the “Small n Problem”: when there are too few observations in the sample to permit the desired analysis. To perform the multivariate quantitative…
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