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Methodological Innovation: Survey Methods and Official Statistics

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Experts in the design and use of surveys, with particular relationships with official statistics, the use of administrative data sources, longitudinal surveys and modelling with survey data.

Part of Social statistics and demography

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This research group builds on a long tradition of work in design and analysis of surveys at Southampton, covering all the stages from specification and sampling, through consent and data collection, to processing (imputation, outlier detection and weighting) and modelling.

The group has strong links to official statistics in the UK and abroad, and has worked with the Office for National Statistics on methodology topics since 1995. It also has a wider role in survey methodology through organisation of networks and training delivery through the National Centre for Research Methods.   

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People

Doctor Angela Luna Hernandez

Lecturer in Social Stats and Demography

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Email: a.luna.hernandez@soton.ac.uk

Address: B58, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)

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Professor Danny Pfeffermann

Professor of Social Statistics

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Email: d.pfeffermann@soton.ac.uk

Address: B39, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)

Mr Francesco Pantalone PhD

Lecturer in Official Statistics

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Email: francesco.pantalone@soton.ac.uk

Address: B58, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)

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Professor Gabriele Durrant PhD

Prof of Social Stats & Survey Method

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Email: g.durrant@soton.ac.uk

Address: B58, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)

Professor Li-Chun Zhang

Professor in Social Statistics

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Email: l.zhang@soton.ac.uk

Address: B58, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)

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Doctor Melike Oguz Alper

Lecturer

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Email: m.oguz-alper@soton.ac.uk

Address: B58, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)

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Professor Nikos Tzavidis PhD

Head of School

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Email: n.tzavidis@soton.ac.uk

Address: B58, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)

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Doctor Olga Maslovskaya

Associate Professor

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Email: om206@soton.ac.uk

Address: B58, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)

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Professor Paul Smith

Head of Department

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Email: p.a.smith@soton.ac.uk

Address: B58, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)

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Professor Peter Smith

Professor in Social Statistics

Accepting applications from PhD students

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Email: p.w.smith@soton.ac.uk

Address: B39, West Highfield Campus, University Road, SO17 1BJ (View in Google Maps)

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Official statistics needs new methodologies to take advantage of new sources of data and integrate them with surveys.
Professor Paul Smith
Head of Department
It is of crucial importance to continue collecting high quality survey data in a changed survey climate for better policy and financial decisions.
Doctor Olga Maslovskaya
Associate Professor

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