Using Sociometers to Advance Small Group Research

Using sociometers to quantify social interaction patterns

Research on human social interactions has traditionally relied on self-reports. Despite their widespread use, self-reported accounts of behaviour are prone to biases and necessarily reduce the range of behaviours, and the number of subjects, that may be studied simultaneously. The development of ever smaller sensors makes it possible to study group-level human behaviour in naturalistic settings...

Using Census Records to Advance Genetic Research

Using Wearable Technology to Advance Parkinson’s Research

Parkinson’s disease (PD), the second most common neurodegenerative disorder after Alzheimer’s, is estimated to affect one million people in the United States and perhaps as many as seven million globally. There is currently no cure; medications, surgery, and multidisciplinary management can provide relief, but they address only some of the symptoms patients face, and are effective only for a li...

ERRATUM: Using sociometers to quantify social interaction patterns

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An Introduction to Focus Group Research

A focus group refers to a group of people who share some common characteristics. A researcher gathers these people in the group in order that they share their points of view and interact with each other over a specific issue. Focus group and Interview group are used interchangeably in the scientific literature and both refer to a method of collecting data in qualitative studies. Given the impor...