Research
Research
Development of methodology in statistics and important application areas
S3RI research concerns the development of methodology in statistics and demography together with substantive applications in a wide variety of fields. The work draws together researchers from across the University, particularly from the Schools of Social Sciences, Mathematics, Medicine and Health Sciences. Research is stimulated by problems from collaborating user communities including government agencies, other academic disciplines and industry. Our research has impact within and beyond these communities.
The research of S3RI is organised into the following five programmes plus PhD study:
- Survey Methods:statistical methods for surveys and censuses of social, economic and environmental populations, including sampling and estimation, measurement methods and imputation of missing data.
- Design and Analysis of Experiments: the development of efficient methods of planning experiments in science and industry and of drawing conclusions from the resulting data.
- Statistical Modelling and Computation: statistical methods for the analysis of studies in science and the social sciences, including methods for the analysis of data with complex structure.
- Policy and Evaluation: the use of statistical methods for the evaluation of national and international policies or programmes and the analysis of quantitative data relevant to policy, including methodology and substantive applications.
- Biostatistics: the application of statistical methods to the design and analysis of clinical trials and community and public health programmes.