First things first – having a child has been one of the biggest blessings of my life, if not the biggest. And equally, having enrolled in a PhD in Clinical Psychology, here at the University of Edinburgh, is also a big milestone for me. As I came to realise, each …
It’s finally here – our third instalment of our new and exciting series Tell Us About Your Methodology! We have had more conversations with our PGR cohort to find out what people are working on, and this month Sian Bedford, 2nd year PhD candidate (Health in Social Science), tells us …
New Year 2020 (little did I know the isolation that was coming), I spent the best part of a week, a rare week off work, filling in funding applications, stressing about the deadlines and the fact that I needed references from people who were themselves on holiday. I knew I …
Doing our PhD is so much more than just our research. It is a transformation in our way of life. Especially if like me, you have moved abroad to do it. It is a life change – a huge one – and it sometimes feels like a lonely process. Those …
Welcome to our second instalment of our new blog series Tell Us About Your Methodology. We are thrilled to be able to find out more about what our PGR cohort are currently working on, and this month we share with you an interview with 3rd year PhD candidate Jillian Manner …
Welcome ravenous ResearchBow readers. It’s time for a relaxing respite. Today’s edition features something a little different, to help us all settle down for the Winter break. Find yourself a cosy corner, slurp a warm drink, and munch a mince pie or two (or three, or four…) to settle in. …
We love hearing about other peoples’ research and finding out about new methodologies is always an exciting prospect. It’s time to shine a spotlight on some of the groundbreaking methodologies that we have heard are being used within our own PGR cohort! Join us as we start our new blog …
PhD life is perceived to be all about research and knowledge and round table discussions about high-end intellectual ideas and what not. But is it though?!? This blog talks about my PhD journey so far, and how I managed or tried to manage expectations and the disasters that followed in …
This blog post is a guide for using R for reproducible data processing and analysis. Today we will work with this totally legitimate longitudinal dataset (see Disclaimer below). The dataset includes a measure of enjoyment for my previous pun blog post, a very reliable questionnaire “Rand_Q”, enjoyment of puns, whilst …
Welcome back intrepid systematic meta fans. In the last exciting post, we covered the steps involved in planning review studies. This sequel post will guide us through the next steps, which involves, conducting searches, the screening and selection of studies, data extraction, quality assessment, analysis (and synthesis), and finally reporting. …
