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Author Archives: Vicki Bolton
Publication time – my first crack at a new (to me) field
Until 15 May 2022, you can get a copy of our new paper here. It’s published in Gynecologic Oncology (online from 26 March 2022). It will be freely available again later, once the journal has had a chance to make … Continue reading
Posted in Academic research, Cancer
Tagged cancer, cohort, gynae, longitudinal, mental health, paper, publication, quality of life, self-efficacy
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The pain, the pain
I should have written “I’m done!”nearly three years ago. I couldn’t face it. Finishing my PhD was soul-destroying. I had several changes in supervision* and a sizeable disagreement with my incoming supervisors about the work I had already produced, which … Continue reading
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Tagged journals, Open Access, PhD, publishing
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I’m done!
I finished my PhD. It was quite a while ago now. You can download a pdf here, or via the University of Southampton. In short, I found that volunteering was associated with a small, positive effect on political activity. However, … Continue reading
I trust we’re all in this together…?
Spot the odd one out. I trust you. She’s a trusting soul. Do you trust him? Generally speaking, would you say that most people can be trusted or that you can’t be too careful in dealing with people? Of course … Continue reading
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Tagged Citizenship Survey, Daily Mail, Guardian, Putnam, social capital, social class, trust
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A sense of dignity
I went to hear Jonathan Wolff (UCL Philosophy) give a lecture on relative poverty and social inquality tonight. It’s part of a piece of work he’s doing for the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF). The JRF is bringing together academic ideas … Continue reading
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Back in the computer lab – questions answered
I signed up to teach again this semester. I am demonstrating on a rather nice course covering social science data and methods using Stata (STAT6077, for those in Southampton: it was the course that made me realise I was doing … Continue reading
Mystery
I spoke yesterday at the Voluntary Sector and Volunteering Research Conference about the first paper of my PhD. I finally answered the question I asked two years ago in this post: http://www.confoundingfactor.org/archives/145 For those who are interested, the answer is: the … Continue reading
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Another advantage of longitudinal data
I have been having trouble formulating an important argument in one of my PhD papers, so I’m going to rehearse it here. If anyone could help me to refine it, I’d be eternally grateful if you’d let me know… Longitudinal … Continue reading
Survey Data Not Be All And End All – Shock
Apparently there’s more to research than survey data – who knew? Those who have been paying attention will remember that I have used the National Child Development Study (NCDS) to examine the relationship between volunteering and political activity for the … Continue reading
Posted in Methods, PhD
Tagged data, methods, PhD, political activity, politics participation, qualitative, quantitative, volunteering
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A civic recovery? Or a graph of er… something-or-other.
Last year, I bought a copy of Political Participation in Britain (Paul Whiteley, 2012). On page 86 there is a graph (bear with me…) of responses to one of the questions from the British Election Study Continuous Monitoring Survey. This … Continue reading