COM 3310 Communication Research Methods

• Communication Methods and Measures 
• Communication Reports
• Communication Research Reports
• International Journal of Qualitative Methods
• International Journal of Social Research Methodology 
• International Review of Qualitative Research
• Journal of Methods and Measurement in the Social Sciences  
• Journal of Ethnographic and Qualitative Research
• Methodology: European Journal of Research Methods for the Behavioral & Social Sciences  
• Social Science Research
• Qualitative Inquiry
• Qualitative Research: QR

Video tutorials on the SAGE Research Methods Online database

• Sage Research Methods Online database
  • Access to research methods books from the Sage publisher, along with video tutorials, case studies, and more 
• LinkedIn Learning Online Training database
  • Video tutorials on the following topics and more are available:
    • Questionnaire/survey design
    • Survey Monkey 
    • Google Forms  
    • Excel
    • SPSS 
    • NVivo 
    • Tableau (information visualization tool) training 
• Sage Campus database 
  • Self-paced and instructor-led online courses on research methods, comprising an engaging mix of content, video, interactives, and formative assessments. Register or sign in to your personal account to access Sage Campus.
    
     
• Qualtrics Survey (available @my.fsu.edu > Resources > Qualtrics Survey) 
  • Qualtrics Survey Tutorials from Purdue University 

Most article databases and the FSU OneSearch have a filter for peer-reviewed journal articles. 

1. OneSearch 


2. Database Search 

 

To find research articles that used quantitative research method(s), add the following to your search query and add the keywords of your research. 

quantitative OR statistic* OR experiment* OR test* OR measure* OR survey* OR questionnaire* OR scale* OR inventor* OR checklist* OR instrument* OR pretest* OR posttest* OR interview*

Example:
Quantitative research articles about college students and depression:

To find research articles that used qualitative research method(s), add the following to your search query and add the keywords of your research. 

qualitative OR interviews OR narratives OR "focus group" OR "content analysis" OR "discourse analysis" OR ethnology OR ethnography OR "field study" OR "participant observation" OR hermeneutics OR phenomenology OR "lived experience" OR  "theoretical sample" OR "thematic analysis" OR "unstructured category" OR "structured category" OR "unstructured interviews" OR "semi-structured interview" OR "action research" OR "mixed methods"

Example:
Qualitative or mixed-methods research articles about social media and celebrities or influencers. 

FSU Student Statistics

• FSU Office of Institutional Research

Statistics on College Students

• Almanac of Higher Education (from The Chronicle of Higher Education)
• Open Doors (for international students in the U.S. and American students studying abroad)
• Statista database
  
  

Tip:

• You can get some stats on college students from academic journals or news articles (e.g., Chronicle of Higher Education, or Inside Higher Ed). Depending on your research topics, you may search PsycINFO for psychology, ERIC for education, or CINAHL for public health and health communication. 
• Sometimes, but not always, research articles have the questionnaire they used in the appendix or supplementary materials. 
• Dissertations and theses are great if you want the full scoop on a research project. They often have survey questionnaires, interview transcripts, and more.