Dr Gabriele B. Durrant

Gabriele B. Durrant

MSc PhD

School of Social Sciences
University of Southampton
Southampton
SO17 1BJ

Position: Senior Lecturer
Telephone: (023) 8059 5481
Email: gbd@soton.ac.uk

Biography

I joined the Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute (S3RI) as a Lecturer in October 2005. I previously worked as a Senior Research Fellow at the National Centre for Research Methods (2004-2005). I completed my PhD in 2003.

Research interests

  • Missing data and measurement error in sample surveys
  • Official statistics
  • Statistical modelling in the social sciences
  • Design and analysis of sample surveys

Research Activities

Research Grants and Projects

  • 3-year ESRC Research Grant (568K; Principal Investigator, co-applicants are: Prof C. Skinner, Prof J. Micklewright and Dr Fiona Steele), Title: Hierarchical Analysis of Unit Non-Response in Sample Surveys, RES-062-23-0458, Sept 2007 – Aug 2010.
  • 3-year ESRC Research Grant (353K; co-applicant with Prof J. Bynner (PI), Prof H. Goldstein, Prof P. Lynn, Prof C. Skinner, Prof I. Plewis and NatCen), Title: Solving the Problem of Attrition in Longitudinal Surveys’, RES-175-25-0011, Sept 2007 – Aug 2010.
  • 1-year research grant, funded by the Office for National Statistics, (45K; Principal Investigator), Title: Analysis of Nonresponse in Household Surveys using the UK Survey Nonresponse Census Link Study, Aug 2005-Aug 2006.
  • 3-year ESRC and ONS research project, Title: Estimation of Pay Distributions in the Presence of Missing Data and Measurement Error (2000-2003). The project was funded by the ESRC, grant number R422200034286, and the Office for National Statistics.
  • 1-year Small Research Grant, 2005-2006, University of Southampton

Grants and Scholarships

  • 2005 Winner of the 2005 Paper Competition for Young Researchers of the American Statistical Association (ASA), Survey Research Methods, Social Statistics and Government Statistics Sections
  • 2005 Second Place in the IAOS Paper Competition for Young Official Statisticians, International Association for Official Statistics
  • 2005 Conference Grant, British Academy
  • 2005 Conference Grant, Royal Statistical Society
  • 2004 Cathy Marsh Bursary, Royal Statistical Society
  • 2000-2001 Research Scholarship from the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD)

Teaching activities

I am currently teaching on the CASS short course programme.

Roles

CASS programme co-ordinator

Selected publications

Articles in journals
 Durrant, G., R. Groves, L. Staetsky, and F. Steele. to be published Effects of Interviewer Attitudes and Behaviours on Refusal in Household Surveys. Accepted by Public Opinion Quarterly (volume and pages have not been assigned yet)
 Durrant, G.B. and Steele, F 2009 Multilevel Modelling of Refusal and Noncontact in Household Surveys: Evidence from Six UK Government Surveys. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A, 172, 2, forthcoming
 Wiles, R., Durrant, G.B., De Broe, S. and Powell, J. 2008 Methodological Approaches at PhD and Skills Sought for Research Posts in Academica: A Mismatch? International Journal of Social Research Methodology, forthcoming
 Wiles, R., Durrant, G., De Broe, S. & Powell, J. 2009 Methodologcial approaches at PhD and skills sought for research posts in academia: a mismatch? International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 12, 3, 2576-2596.
 Durrant, G.B. 2008 Imputation Methods for Handling Item-Nonresponse in Practice: Methodological Issues and Recent Debates. International Journal of Social Research Methodology
 Durrant, G B 2006 Missing Data Methods in Official Statistics in the UK: Some Recent Developments. Journal of the German Statistical Society , 90,4, 577-593.
 Durrant, G B and Skinner, C 2006 Using Missing Data Methods to Correct for Measurement Error in a Distribution Function. Survey Methodology, 32, 25-36.
 Durrant, G B and Skinner, C 2006 Using Data Augmentation to Correct for Nonignorable Nonresponse when Surrogate Data are Available: An Application to the Distribution of Hourly Pay. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, Series A, 169, 605-623.
 Skinner, C., Stuttard, N., Beissel-Durrant, G. and Jenkins, J. 2002 The measurement of low pay in the UK Labour Force Survey. Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 64, 653-676.
Working papers
 Durrant, G., Groves, R., Staetsky, L, and Steele, F. 2009 Effects of interviewer attitudes and behaviors on refusal in household surveys . University of Southampton Statistical Sciences Institute Methodological Working Paper, M09/05. Southampton: University of Southampton.  On-line article
 Durrant, G.B., Goldstein, H. and Staetsky, L. 2009 Analysis of Attrition in the Family and Children Survey (FACS)
 D’Arrigo, J., Durrant, G.B. and Steele, F. 2009 Using Paradata to Develop Hierarchical Response Propensity Models
 Steele, F. and Durrant, G. 2009 Alternative Approaches to Nonresponse Modelling
 Durrant, G. B., Staetsky, L., Groves, B. and Steele, F. 2008 Effects of Interviewer Attitudes and Behaviors on Refusal in Household Surveys. submitted
 Lyons-Amos, M., Durrant, G. and Padmadas, S. 2008 The Correlates of Natural Method Use in Moldova. submitted to Studies in Family Planning, under review
 Durrant, G B 2005 Imputation Methods in the Social Sciences, A Methodological Review. NCRM Working Paper Series
 Durrant, G B 2004 A Typology of Research Methods Within the Social Sciences. NCRM Working Paper Series. Southampton: University of Southampton.  On-line article
 Durrant, G B 2002 Variance Estimation for Estimates of a Pay Distribution based on Imputed Survey Data. Working Paper1-29
Reports
 Durrant, G B 2005 Correcting for Measurement Error Using Missing Data Methods: An Example from the UK Labour Force Survey. Report to The Imputation Bulletin, Statistics Canada.
 Durrant, G B and Lang, I 2004 ESRC National Centre for Research Methods. Report to Consultation Exercise Report. NCRM working paper series: University of Southampton.1-44  On-line article
 Wheal, A., Berkley, R., Beissel, G. and Tzavidis N. 2002 Education for Real, Guidance and Support for Care Leavers in Education. Report to Internal Publication. Southampton: University of Southampton.1-12
Seminar and conference presentations
 Durrant, G.B., Staetsky, L. and Steele F. 2008 The Effects of Interviewer Characteristics and Attitudes on Refusal in Face-to-Face Surveys. Paper presented to Special Interest Session on Interviewer Effects at the 19th International Workshop on Household Survey Nonresponse, Ljubljana, September 2008
 Durrant, G.B., Staetsky, L. and Steele F. 2008 An Investigation of Interviewer Effects on Household Nonresponse in Six UK Government Surveys. Paper presented to 7th International Conference on Social Science Methodology, International Sociological Association, Naples, September 2008
 Durrant, G.B., Staetsky, L. and Steele F. 2008 An Exploration of the Role of Interviewers on Survey Nonresponse Using a Multilevel Modelling Approach. Paper presented to Research Methods Festival, National Centre for Research Methods, Oxford, July 2008
 D’Arrigo, J. and Durrant, G.B. 2008 Using Paradata to Develop Hierarchical Response Propensity Models. Paper presented to a Special Interest Session on Paradata at the 19th International Workshop on Household Survey Nonresponse, Ljubljana, September 2008
 Durrant, G. B. 2007 Using Multilevel Multinomial Models to Analyse Household and Interviewer Effects in Survey Nonresponse. Paper presented to 18th International Workshop on Household Survey Nonresponse, Southampton, p. 1-30
 Durrant, G.B. 2007 Linking Census, Interviewer Observation Data and Interviewer Information to Surveys: An Investigation of Unit Nonresponse in UK Surveys. Paper presented to Proceedings of the 56th Session of the International Statistical Institute, Invited Paper Session
 Durrant, G B 2006 A Semi-Parametric Multiple Imputation Data Augmentation Procedure. Paper presented to Proceedings of the Section on Survey Research Methods. American Statistical Association.
 Beissel-Durrant, G 2005 Imputing Nonignorable Missing Data Using a Data Augmentation Approach: An Application to the Estimation of Hourly Pay Distributions. Paper presented to Bulletin of the International Statistical Institute. Sydney
 Beissel-Durrant, G and Skinner, C 2003 Comparing Predictive Mean Matching Imputation and Propensity Score Weighting for Item Non-Response. Paper presented to International Statistical Institute. Berlin.