About
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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Working out how nations can better take everybody into account
University statistical researchers, led by Professor Paul Smith, have helped nations better estimate their populations. This work to improve censuses has had a big economic and political impact.
People, projects, publications and PhDs
People
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Emeritus Professor Danny Pfeffermann
Analytic inference from complex sample surveys ; Seasonal adjustment and trend estimati
Accepting applications from PhD studentsEmail: D.Pfeffermann@soton.ac.ukTel: +44 23 8059 6689 -
Mr Francesco Pantalone
LecturerComputational Statistics
Official Statistics
Sampling Theory
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Professor Gabriele Durrant
Professor of Social Statistics & Survey Methodsurvey data collection
survey methodology
statistical modelling
Accepting applications from PhD studentsEmail: G.Durrant@soton.ac.ukTel: +44 23 8059 5481 -
Professor Li-Chun Zhang
Professor of Social StatisticsGraph sampling
Analysis of integrated data
Accepting applications from PhD studentsEmail: L.Zhang@soton.ac.ukTel: +44 23 8059 2533 -
Professor Nikos Tzavidis
Professor of Statistical MethodologySmall Area Estimation and official statistics
Accepting applications from PhD studentsEmail: N.TZAVIDIS@soton.ac.ukTel: +44 23 8059 2450 -
Professor Olga Maslovskaya
Professor of Survey Method & Social StatisticsAll aspects of survey
Survey data collection
Data quality
Accepting applications from PhD studentsEmail: om206@soton.ac.ukTel: +44 23 8059 8588 -
Professor Paul Smith
Personal ChairSampling and estimation methods in official statistics
Accepting applications from PhD studentsEmail: P.A.Smith@soton.ac.ukTel: +44 23 8059 4857 -
Professor Peter Smith
Professor of Social StatisticsEmail: P.W.Smith@soton.ac.ukTel: +44 23 8059 3191 -
Professor Peter van der Heijden
Professor of Social StatisticsCategorical data analysis
Population size estimation, capture-recapture
Accepting applications from PhD studentsTel: +31610936283 -
Doctor Yves Berger
Associate ProfessorAccepting applications from PhD studentsEmail: Y.G.Berger@soton.ac.ukTel: +44 23 8059 5832
Official statistics needs new methodologies to take advantage of new sources of data and integrate them with surveys.
It is of crucial importance to continue collecting high quality survey data in a changed survey climate for better policy and financial decisions.
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