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Paul Smith ESRC Evidence gathering from the School of Economic Social and Political Sciences at the University of Southampton for the SPF ‘UK Population Laboratory’/Longitudinal Studies scoping project

Staff

Lead researchers

Professor Paul Smith

Head of Department

Research interests

  • Sampling and estimation methods in official statistics
  • Dual system (capture-recapture) estimation in official statistics
  • Price indices
Connect with Paul

Email: P.A.Smith@soton.ac.uk

Other researchers

Professor Gabriele Durrant PhD

Prof of Social Stats & Survey Method

Research interests

  • survey data collection
  • survey methodology
  • statistical modelling
Connect with Gabriele

Email: G.Durrant@soton.ac.uk

Professor Peter Smith

Professor in Social Statistics
Connect with Peter

Email: P.W.Smith@soton.ac.uk

Professor Ann Berrington

Professor-Demography&Social Statistics
Connect with Ann

Email: A.Berrington@soton.ac.uk

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

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

Professor Peter van der Heijden

Professor in Social Statistics

Research interests

  • Categorical data analysis
  • Population size estimation, capture-recapture
  • Randomized response
Connect with Peter

Email: P.G.Van-Der-Heijden@soton.ac.uk

Dr Angela Luna Hernandez

Lecturer B
Connect with Angela

Email: A.Luna.Hernandez@soton.ac.uk

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Research outputs

The choice between a panel and cohort study design
Peter Lugtig & Paul A. Smith, 2019
Type: report
Theoretical sampling designs for a UK birth cohort with potential accelerated design
Paul A. Smith, James Dawber & Peter Van Der Heijden, 2019
Type: report