Related Associations

Evaluation
• Resources for Methods in Evaluation and Social Research. Has many many links to other sources for online help in methods, statistics, etc., but not in a very organized fashion
• American Evaluation Association: Publications, job listings, more.
• "Footprints: Strategies for Non-Traditional Program Evaluation" A .pdf document (download by right-clicking) published by National Science Foundation's Division of Research, Evaluation, and Dissemination.
Marketing Research
• American Marketing Association
• Quirks Online: Directories of market research companies, articles, job listings and more.
• Research Information : Researcher forum, job listings, articles.

Informational Websites

Methods and General Social Science Information
• Public Sociology website reference source.
• a whole bunch of links to explore with methods, software, data, info, etc.
• StatPages.net web site: Online statistical books, manuals, journals
• Social Science Hub: Helpful links to all kinds of information.
• Online Guide for Social Science Writing Skills.
  By the International Development Research Centre. This website has numerous publications and guides for those interested in policy and policy evaluation research.
• Harald Klein's website on text analysis.
• A source for free resampling software (including an excel (.xls) program).
• Social Explorer : Social Explorer is a free service that provides demographic information in an easily understood format: data maps. Click here for more information.

Funding Opportunities

• National Institute of Justice Funding Opportunities.
• Grant Writing Tips and Resources from Karl Hammer of KMH Consulting.
• Funding Available for Community Based Research Projects
  The Sociological Initiatives Foundation provides grants of $5,000 to $15,000 to support community-based research projects. Areas of interest include but are not limited to social justice, social welfare, human rights, literacy, language learning and use, dialect use and curricular issues in teaching second languages and non-native languages. The Foundation is also interested in supporting research by sociologists and linguists that provide a direct benefit to communities. Complete guidelines for the August 2004 concept application deadline are available at http://www.grantsmanagement.com/sifguide.html. For more information, contact Prentice Zinn at sociology@grantsmanagement.com or 617-426-7080.
• BEHAVIORAL AND SOCIAL SCIENCES RESEARCH GUIDE TO NIH GRANTS.
  Recent publications in the "NIH Guide to Grants and Contracts" Relevant to Behavioral and Social Science Research.