January 2021

Happy New Year! We are excited to kick off the 2020-2021 spring semester! We have many events in store for the semester including Live Webcast Lectures, Topic Interest Group Meetings, and CARMA Live Online Short Courses! We welcome your feedback, please let us know how we can better serve your needs related to research methods education. Good luck with all you are doing, be safe, and hope to see you at one of our upcoming events.

Upcoming CARMA Events in 2021 Jan. 22 - Webcast Lecture by Dr. Rhonda Reger - Content Analysis for Macro Research Feb. 5 - Webcast Lecture by Dr. Gilad Chen - Multilevel Analysis Feb. 19 - Webcast Lecture by Dr. David Mackinnon - Mediation TBA - Topic Interest Groups (Qualitative Analysis, SEM, Advanced Regression Analysis, and Multilevel Analysis)

Webcast Lecture: Friday, January 22, 12:00 - 1:30 ET Content Analysis for Macro Research Dr. Rhonda Reger from University of North Texas will present CARMA's fourth Webcast Lecture of 2020-21 academic year. Advanced registration through the CARMA Website is required. Registration Instructions Login to your CARMA account. Once you login, in the middle, you will see an option to “Register for Live Events”. Select the appropriate event and checkout. You will receive an e-mail about the access information before the event day.

Dr. Rhonda Reger, University of North Texas

Abstract The use of content analysis is burgeoning in macro management research. The term encompasses a variety of types of analysis: Content analysis is to words (and other unstructured data) as statistics is to numbers (also called structured data). It includes a variety of analytic approaches, ranging from purely qualitative analyses typically found in grounded theorizing and case-based research to highly quantitative analyses that convert words and other unstructured data into numerical tables for further quantitative analysis. Common examples of qualitative content analyses include grounded theorizing, narrative analysis, discourse analysis, rhetorical analysis, semiotic analysis, interpretative phenomenological analysis, and conversation analysis. Major types of quantitative content include dictionary-based approaches, topic modelling, and natural language processing. This CARMA webcast provides a brief tutorial on these methods and suggest key criteria to help researchers choose which type of content analytic methods may be useful to help them answer their research questions while leveraging the research team’s strengths.

Friday, February 5th, 12:00 - 1:30 ET Multilevel Analysis Dr. Gilad Chen from University of Maryland will present CARMA's fifth Webcast Lecture of 2020-21 academic year. Advanced registration through the CARMA Website is required. Registration Instructions Login to your CARMA account. Once you login, in the middle, you will see an option to “Register for Live Events”. Select the appropriate event and checkout. You will receive an e-mail about the access information before the event day.

Dr. Gilad Chen University of Maryland

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