Do Better Research S1 E8: Explaining Quantitative Methods to a Qualitative Researcher
Episode description
In this episode, my guests attempt to teach me (a qualitative researcher) about quantitative research. I speak to Dr Mohammad Mahbubur Rahman (http://globalhealth.port.ac.uk/team_member/dr-mohammad-mahbubur-rahman) about his research and finding the story in quantitative data, and Dr Shahidul Islam (https://www.uos.ac.uk/people/dr-shahidul-islam) helps explain some of the key features of quantitative research.
The Guests...
Dr Mohammad Rahman is a Visiting Research Fellow in the School of Health and Care Professions at the University of Portsmouth, and Dr Shahidul Islam Lecturer in Accounting at University of Suffolk Business School.
Dr Mohammad Rahman's work can be found here:
Rahman MM. (2014) 'Estimating the Average Treatment Effect of Social Safety Net Programmes in Bangladesh' The Journal of Development Studies 50 (11), pp. 1550-1569 (https://doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2014.887688)
Show notes...
In this episode, Dr Shahidul Islam talks about a specific research paper of interest:
Jie Chen, Woon Sau Leung, Marc Goergen (2017) 'The impact of board gender composition on dividend payouts' Journal of Corporate Finance, Volume 43, pp. 86-105 (https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcorpfin.2017.01.001)
Shahidul also talks about using Google Finance data, which can be explored here: https://www.google.co.uk/finance
Credit: Music: https://www.purple-planet.com