| 9.15-9.45 |
Registration, coffee |
|
9.45-10.00 |
Introductions from: |
|
| Professor Luke Georghiou,
Associate Dean (Research), Faculty
of Humanities, UoM |
| Professor David Farrell,
Head of School of Social Sciences,
UoM |
|
10.00-11.20 |
Social Statistics: within
the discipline area |
| Chair: Professor David
Farrell |
| Applying statistical methods to
the analysis of longitudinal
data |
| Professor Ian
Plewis |
| Applying statistical methods to
the analysis of social
networks |
| Dr. Mark Tranmer |
| Applying statistical methods to
estimating characteristics of small
areas |
| Dr. Nikos Tzavidis |
| Applying statistical methods to
issues of confidentiality and
privacy |
| Dr. Mark Elliot |
| 11.20-11.40 |
Refreshments |
|
11.40-13.00 |
Social Statistics: within
the university |
| Chair: Professor Rachel
Gibson, Institute for Social
Change |
| Social statistics and
medicine |
| Professor Andrew Pickles,
Health Methodology, School of
Medicine |
| Social statistics and
mathematical statistics |
| Professor Jianxin Pan,
School of Mathematics |
| Social statistics and
education |
| Professor Daniel Muijs,
School of Education |
| Social statistics and social
change |
| Professor Ed Fieldhouse,
Institute for Social
Change |
| 13.00-14.00 |
Lunch |
|
11.40-13.00 |
Social Statistics: within
the School of Social
Sciences |
| Chair: Professor Angela
Dale, Director, Centre for Census
and Survey Research |
| Applying social statistics to
ethnicity research |
| Professor James Nazroo,
Sociology |
| Applying social statistics to
demography |
| Dr. Nissa Finney, Centre for
Census and Survey Research |
| Applying social statistics to
the labour force |
| Dr. Ken Clark,
Economics |
| Applying social statistics in a
European contex |
| Dr. Vanessa Gash, Centre for
Census and Survey Research |
| 15.20-15.40 |
Refreshments |
|
15.40-16.10 |
Social Statistics: a view
from Australia |
| Chair: Professor Denise
Osborn, Economics |
| Professor Ray Chambers,
University of Wollongong (visiting
UoM) |
|
16.10-17.10 |
Social Statistics in the
city |
| Chair: Dr. Stephan Rudolfer,
RSS Local Group |
| Sarah Henry, Manchester City
Council |
| Using social statistics in a
local authority context |
| Chair: Mr. John Acaster,
Manchester Statistical
Society |
| Professor Brian Robson,
Centre for Urban Policy Studies,
UoM |
| Using social statistics: a
historical perspective |
|
17.10-17.15 |
Summing up |
| Professor Ian
Plewis |
