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Within this theme, we're seeking proposals on emerging technologies, #opensource #research or software development trends and many more.

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#FutureTech #CFP #cfp2024 #OpenSourceResearch

Sound advice on mitigating the vicarious trauma that can come with open-source research on awful stuff.

The piece focuses on war and violence, but this applies to work on contentious politics, too.

A few ways this regularly arises in my work on CCC:

* Watching clips of police violence
* Watching clips from vigils (for me, esp. ones with grieving parents)
* Reading or watching hate screeds

#protest #OpenSourceResearch #VicariousTrauma

https://www.bellingcat.com/resources/2022/11/23/how-to-maintain-mental-hygiene-as-an-open-source-researcher/

In #research, digital #DataCollection has become standard for #quantitative #interviews. There are great #OpenSource #DigitalDataCollection tools for #offline #questionnaires:

#OpenDataKit – I have made excellent experience with #ODK in several #surveys:
http://opendatakit.org

ODK has a large ecosystem, e.g.:

- #KoBoToolbox:
https://www.kobotoolbox.org
- #Enketo – offline web forms:
https://enketo.org

#ResearchMethods #Methods #QuantitativeMethods #OpenSourceResearch #FLOSSresearch

#Datacollection is essential for most #research, e.g. in the #socialsciences. To conduct an #onlinesurvey, there is great #opensource #onlinesurveysoftware available:

#LimeSurvey (seems to be the most advanced & most active project)
https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey

#Webform (#Drupal module)
https://git.drupalcode.org/project/webform

#TellForm
https://github.com/tellform/tellform

#JDEsurvey
https://github.com/JD-Software/JDeSurvey

#ResearchMethods #Methods #QuantitativeMethods #Quantitative #Questionnaire #Survey #OpenSourceResearch #FLOSSresearch

Computer-assisted #QualitativeDataAnalysis Software (#QDA #CAQDAS) is great for text interpretation and #contentanalysis. Besides proprietary software #MaxQDA, #NVivo, #AtlasTi, there are great #crossplatform #opensource packages:

Client:
#QualCoder (inspired by #RQDA)
#Elan
#QCoder (alpha)

Server/self-hosted:
#Taguette
#Cassandre
#CATMA

Special-purpose:
#qdap
#KHCoder
#CLAN

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-assisted_qualitative_data_analysis_software
#ResearchMethods #Research #QualitativeMethods #Methods
#OpenSourceResearch #FLOSSresearch