Resources and Training

Resources and Training

Upcoming Workshops

Date and Time Workshop Title Details
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IRGF Workshop

Interested in applying to the Internal Research Grants Fund?

Join ORSCE's Melissa Deane and Carol Armstrong for information about the program and tips for submitting a successful application.

Click here for details on the IRGF funding opportunity.

Stay tuned for details. Coffee and cookies will be provided.
Fri., Sept. 29, 2017 
2:30-4 p.m.
Room EB2061 - Bissett Boardroom                                                                                

Panel: Community-engaged research: Fostering collaborative relationships with community partners.

Moderator: Leah Hamilton

Panelists from across the University will discuss effective strategies for fostering effective research relationships with community partners.

Please register via the ADC Workshops website. Coffee and cookies will be provided.

TBD

 Introducing...ROMEO ORSCE Manager Melissa Deane will guide MRU faculty through the basics of navigating ROMEO, ORSCE's new web-based data management platform.

Research Development Officers

One of ORSCE's core priorities is supporting researchers in the development of their research proposals and grant applications. ORSCE's Research Development Officers (RDOs) offer one-on-one support in developing your grant proposals. The RDOs can work with you from idea to proposal submission, or review proposals at any stage of completion.

Contact a RDO for:

Strategic Advice: The RDOs can sit down with you one-on-one and discuss your research direction, project idea, funding options and provide strategic direction in your options for funding your research.

Grants Development: You have a plan and need to get started on the grant proposal. Contact an RDO – we can provide some direction in how to approach proposal development, provide strategies for some of those particularly tricky areas (budgets, for example) and read provide feedback on drafts. The earlier you make contact, the more we can help.

Final Proposal Review: Just need an additional set of eyes for a final review of your proposal? Contact us a week before the MRU internal application deadline.

Contact Us for more information.

Grants Support - Winter 2017

To better support our faculty with their Tri-Council grant (SSHRC) applications, the Office of Research, Scholarship and Community Engagement has an agreement with an external consultant to provide grant development services.

This support is available to all faculty who are preparing applications for the 2017-18 funding cycles (Insight, Connection).

To gain access to this funding, please email your request to research@mtroyal.ca and include the following details:

  • Your Faculty/Department
  • The opportunity to which you wish to apply
  • A brief one paragraph description of your project

The ORSCE will review your request and then connect you with the consultant.

Software and By-Appointment Training Sessions

 

SPSS (Statistical Package for the Social Sciences) is a software package used for statistical analysis, data management and documentation.

It offers the following features:

  • Descriptive statistics: Cross tabulation, Frequencies, Descriptives, Explore, Descriptive Ratio Statistics
  • Bivariate statistics: Means, t-test, ANOVA, Correlation (bivariate, partial, distances), Nonparametric tests
  • Prediction for numerical outcomes: Linear regression
  • Prediction for identifying groups: Factor analysis, cluster analysis (two-step, K-means, hierarchical), Discriminant 

Request an SPSS installation or let us know that you no longer require this software.

SPSS Basics Tutorials

For assistance in handling/interpreting your SPSS data, please contact us at (403) 440-6069 to set up an appointment.

NVivo is the #1 software package for qualitative data analysis. It was designed for qualitative researchers working with rich text-based and/or multimedia information, where deep levels of analysis on small or large volumes of data were required.

NVivo accommodates a wide range of research methods, including:

  • network and organizational analysis
  • action or evidence-based research
  • discourse analysis
  • grounded theory
  • conversation analysis
  • ethnography
  • literature reviews
  • phenomenology
  • mixed methods research
  • the Framework methodology.

NVivo supports data formats such as audio files, videos, digital photos, Word, PDF, spreadsheets, rich text, plain text and web and social media data. Users can interchange data with applications like Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, IBM SPSS Statistics, EndNote, Microsoft OneNote, SurveyMonkey and Evernote; and order transcripts from within NVivo projects, using TranscribeMe (© Wikipedia).

Request an NVivo installation or let us know that you no longer require this software.

QSR provides free access to several NVivo tutorials and webinars.

 

Manuals and Other ResourcesManuals and other resources for researchers coming 2017