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Jack Denham; Matthew Spokes – International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 2023
In this paper we make a case for 'Little Data', which is real-time, self-collected, idiosyncratic datasets maintained by individuals about themselves on myriad topics. We develop and offer a methodology for combining these messy, highly personal insights, to make deductive observations about collective practices. In testing this approach, we use…
Descriptors: Research Problems, Data Analysis, Logical Thinking, Case Studies
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Journal of the American College Health Association, 1976
A program is presented for the control of biological hazards in research centers, to ensure that all investigative activities are conducted in a manner that presents the least possible hazard to employees, students, and the community. (MB)
Descriptors: Disease Control, Laboratory Safety, Policy Formation, Research Problems
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Acker, Caroline J. – OAH Magazine of History, 1991
Compares scientific explanations of addiction of the 1920s and 1930s to today's. Details the history of addiction testing and research, the development of criteria for defining addiction, and both physiological and psychological definitions of addiction. Suggests that the changing status of addiction as a disease reflects different meanings…
Descriptors: Definitions, Disease Control, Drug Addiction, Drug Rehabilitation