CIRCA:Research Methods

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	* Geospatial Information Systems		* Geospatial Information Systems
	* Databases		* Databases
		+	* Geospatial Methods
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		+	== Statistical Methods ==
		+	* Social Network Analysis
		+	* Text Mining
		+	* Visualization

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Here we present research methods that are useful in the Digital Humanities.

Contents 1 Basic Methods 2 Text Methods 3 Usability and Interface Design 4 Historical Methods 5 Statistical Methods

Basic Methods

These are research skills that we take for granted, but are important to any research.

• How to form a question.
• Environmental Scan
• Reviewing the literature.

Text Methods

• Document Analysis
• Text Analysis
• Content Analysis
• Close Reading
• Creative Methods

Usability and Interface Design

• User Testing methods are important to developing web sites and other applications meant to be used widely.
• Interviews and oral histories.
• Talk Aloud method for getting usability information.
• Ideation and Design Research

Historical Methods

• Interviews and oral histories.
• Geospatial Information Systems
• Databases
• Geospatial Methods

Statistical Methods

• Social Network Analysis
• Text Mining
• Visualization