Christopher R. Matthews

Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social · 2d

What becomes very interesting is how radically differently people do or do not reapproach scholarship after broadly accepting my argument

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Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social · 3d

Its not complicated is it? Kinda obvious really 🤔

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Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social · 3d

Most methodology sections of social scientific papers would be better if people stopped referencing others and focused on explain their work in clear and practical terms. More here - journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social · 6d

Agreed

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Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social · 6d

No so much. If you have a good understanding of social life, for example, you will make quite logical methodological decisions that add up.

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Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social · 6d

That seems alarmingly disconnected from existing theory. But id have to study it to know for sure.

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Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social · 6d

Yep agreed. Some discussion needed about 'interesting', I think. My preference is for important topics as the definition of what that is can try to establish objectively important work rather 'merely' someone's interest

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Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social · 6d

@rwjdingwall.bsky.social name dropped 🫡

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Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social · 6d

All agreed. I just keep running up again poor understanding of social life, hence the focus. Ive just reposted the original so im gonna delete this thread later.

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Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social · 6d

The quality of your methods is meaningless if the quality of your theory is lacking. Put another way - if your basic assumptions are wack your methodological rigour is wasted effort. More in Ch8 here: www.routledge.com/Doing-Good-S....

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Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social · 6d

The quality of your methods is meaningless if the quality of your theory is lacking. Put another way - if your basic assumptions are wack your methodological rigour is wasted effort.

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Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social · 8d

Im saying to people we provide bland research philosophy statements, in the large part.

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Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social · 8d

Your philosophical position is most obvious in how you produce, understand and treat data. One of the less obviously places it comes across is usually in a bland and hackneyed statement of 'Philosophical Position'. Research philosophy is practical and pragmatic more than it is explicable in prose.

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Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social · 16d

Its honest, that all the really matters to me.

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Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social · 16d

What a lovely thing to say, thanks. Not only do I see them show up where you suggest, they show up in my own work! I make that point somewhere in something ive writen on the topic

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Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social · 16d

Ive been teaching in HE since 2008. Every year at least one ernest undergraduate has told me 'there's no research on [insert topic]'. And, of course, every time they have been dead wrong. I do love a wee academic truism.

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Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social · 17d

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Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social · 19d

Is gender equality in brain damage progress for women and sport???

It's a simple question to ask, and the answer is quite clear and logical, but no one seems willing to take the necessary next steps. Details here 👇

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