Research project

Tzavidis - Innovations in Small Area Estimation Methodologies

Lead researchers:

Professor Nikos Tzavidis
Other researchers:

Dr Yves Berger,

Professor Li-Chun Zhang
Research funder:

ESRC
Status:

Not active

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Nikos Tzavidis PhD

Professor of Statistical Methodology

Research interests

Small Area Estimation and official statistics
Outlier robust inference; Quantile and M-quantile models
Geospatial data; Poverty mapping; Statistical inference under data aggregation and displacement

Connect with Nikos

Email: N.TZAVIDIS@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Dr Yves Berger

Associate Professor

Connect with Yves

Email: Y.G.Berger@soton.ac.uk

Professor Li-Chun Zhang

Professor in Social Statistics

Research interests

Graph sampling
Analysis of integrated data
Statistical uses of administrative sources

Connect with Li-Chun

Email: L.Zhang@soton.ac.uk

Research outputs

From start to finish

Nikolaos Tzavidis, Li-Chun Zhang, Angela Luna Hernandez, Timo Schmid & Natalia Rojas-Perilla, 2018, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society, 181(4), 927-979

DOI: 10.1111/rssa.12364

Type: article

The utility of geodemographic indicators in small area estimates of limiting long-term illness

Graham Moon, Liz Twigg, Kelvyn Jones, Grant Aitken & Joanna Taylor, 2018, Social Science and Medicine

DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2018.06.029

Type: article

Estimation and testing in M-quantile regression with applications to small area estimation

Annamaria Bianchi, Enrico Fabrizi, Nicola Salvati & Nikolaos Tzavidis, 2018, International Statistical Review

DOI: 10.1111/insr.12267

Type: article

Developing and applying geographical synthetic estimates of health literacy in GP clinical systems

Gill Rowlands, David Whitney & Graham Moon, 2018, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15(8), 1-9

DOI: 10.3390/ijerph15081709

Type: article

Preface to the papers on ‘Small area estimation’

Nikolaos Tzavidis, Li-Chun Zhang, Danny Pfeffermann & Partha Lahiri, 2017, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A: Statistics in Society, 180(4), 1035-1037

DOI: 10.1111/rssa.12331

Type: article

Integrating national surveys to estimate small area variations in poor health and limiting long term illness in Great Britain

Graham Moon, Grant Aitken, Joanna Taylor & Liz Twigg, 2017, BMJ Open

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-016936

Type: article

Estimating uncertainty in spatial microsimulation approaches to small area estimation: a new approach to solving an old problem

A. Whitworth, E. Carter, D. Ballas & G. Moon, 2017, Computers, Environment and Urban Systems, 63, 50-57

DOI: 10.1016/j.compenvurbsys.2016.06.004

Type: article