Research: what can I do for you?
Do you have a research project which requires an academic approach to the inquiry? Would you like to ensure that your internal data gathering is unbiased and accessible?
Caroline can support or lead on research within your target communities, giving you the data you need to inform service planning and provision.
Areas of research interest include:
- Family engagement (maternity & education)
- Early parenting practices
- Special needs
- Education leadership
- Inclusivity and human rights in maternity
Services
- Research design
- Survey writing
- Data analysis
- Coding & textual analysis
- Report writing
- Visual presentation of data
Caroline is an experienced doctoral researcher who takes a realist approach to enquiry. She deploys qualitative and quantitative methods of data analysis, presenting information in clear and easily interrogated reports.
Caroline is fluent with a variety of traditional enquiry tools such as surveys, interviews, and focus groups alongside novel approaches such as walk & talk enquiry.
Having undertaken the largest national survey to date of its kind within her doctoral thesis alongside quantitative and qualitative data-gathering with datasets of thousands of participants, Caroline is adept at analysing and coding a variety of data at scale.
Key to Caroline's work is a focus on dissemination of data, and she works with a variety of artists and animators to create visual representations and accessible reports in traditional and non-traditional formats to suit a variety of audiences.
I"Caroline's expert knowledge provided me with invaluable feedback for my qualitative research. She gave advice that was practical and understandable, highlighting areas for improvement and giving me fresh ideas which genuinely made all the difference to the finished product."
"When I read through the responses to a parent survey I had created (with some help from Caroline) I was overwhelmed by the volume of information and struggled to get to grips with what the data was telling me. I am no statistician. So I turned to Caroline to have a look and she very quickly and efficiently produced a very easy to read report, complete with graphs . This report has proved invaluable and has enabled me to share the the results of the survey, and their significance, in a clear and confident manner. I would thoroughly recommend Caroline to anyone seeking support with their research and analysis of their data."