Research methods can be traditional like focus groups, interviews, surveys, and ethnographies or innovative like social media monitoring, online surveys and focus groups, mobile research through texting, and moderated online communities. A variety of qualitative and quantitative methods are available to researchers.

1. Custom Research
Research Methods Toolkit
Traditional Focus groups, dyads, triads
Interviews, surveys
Medical ethnographies
Arts-based methods
Stakeholder engagements /
Needs assessments & Evaluations
Social media monitoring / landscaping
Online surveys
Online focus groups
Online journals and blogs
Mobile research (text messaging)
Twitter parties, meetups and tweetups
Moderated online patient communities
Innovative