Development and application of a survey quality assessment model. (2014)
Journal Article
Chen, T., Raeside, R., & Khan, H. T. A. (2014). Development and application of a survey quality assessment model. Global journal of quantitative science, 1(1), 15-29

Until recently research has been undertaken to improve the quality and effectiveness of surveys. By reviewing existing works, an improved model has been developed in this paper in order to assess the quality of statistical surveys. The model has been... Read More about Development and application of a survey quality assessment model..

Estimating Scottish student retention rates using propensity score matching (2013)
Journal Article
Penny, K. I., Morton, I. D., Ashraf, M. Z., & Duffy, J. C. (2013). Estimating Scottish student retention rates using propensity score matching. Leadership and policy quarterly, 2,

The performance of institutions such as universities and colleges is of increasing interest to funders, policy makers, potential students and the establishments themselves who require accurate estimates of outcomes such as retention rates across the... Read More about Estimating Scottish student retention rates using propensity score matching.

The Impact of repeated lying on survey results (2013)
Journal Article
Chesney, T., & Penny, K. I. (2013). The Impact of repeated lying on survey results. SAGE Open, 3(1), https://doi.org/10.1177/2158244012472345

We study the effects on results of participants completing a survey more than once, a phenomenon known as farming. Using data from a real social science study as a baseline, three strategies that participants might use to farm are studied by Monte Ca... Read More about The Impact of repeated lying on survey results.

Record linkage in Scotland and its application to health research (2012)
Journal Article
Fleming, M., Kirby, B., & Penny, K. I. (2012). Record linkage in Scotland and its application to health research. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 21, 2711-2721. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.04021.x

AIMS AND OBJECTIVES:

  This paper will focus on the key concepts behind record linkage and describe how probability matching of Scottish health records can be used for national health research.

BACKGROUND:

  Record linkage can bring togeth... Read More about Record linkage in Scotland and its application to health research.

Employability of Older People. (2009)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
McQuaid, R. W. (2009, August). Employability of Older People. Presented at Joined Up for Jobs, Edinburgh

[A Scottish demographic study concerning employability of older people in an aging population.]

Integrating Information About Complex Systems: Role of Metadata in the Acceptability of Results from Models (2006)
Journal Article
Westlake, A., & Wigan, M. (2006). Integrating Information About Complex Systems: Role of Metadata in the Acceptability of Results from Models. Transportation research record, 1972, 60-68. https://doi.org/10.3141/1972-10

Opus is a project funded by the European Union Statistical Agency (Eurostat). The project is developing a methodology for the coherent and consistent integration of information from multiple sources about complex systems (based on Bayesian statistica... Read More about Integrating Information About Complex Systems: Role of Metadata in the Acceptability of Results from Models.

Employment inequalities in an economic downturn – report for the Equality Commission Northern Ireland. (2005)
Report
McQuaid, R. W., Hollywood, E., & Canduela, J. (2005). Employment inequalities in an economic downturn – report for the Equality Commission Northern Ireland. Ireland: Equality Commission Northern Ireland

The overall aim of this research was to: update understanding of the effect of the economic downturn on the employment status and prospects of relevant groups across the nine equality grounds in Northern Ireland (NI).

Methodological issues in the determination of standardisation and Involvement strategies in international marketing. (2004)
Journal Article
Omar, M., Boyd, D., & Nwankwo, S. (2004). Methodological issues in the determination of standardisation and Involvement strategies in international marketing. International Journal of Applied Marketing, 3, 93-113

This paper offers a fresh methodological insight in examining the functional relationship between standardisation and involvement strategies in international marketing. It starts by reviewing the underpinning literature, focusing on the form of the r... Read More about Methodological issues in the determination of standardisation and Involvement strategies in international marketing..

Modelling the Influence of Communication on Fertility Behaviour of Women in Rural Bangladesh. (2004)
Thesis
Gayen, K. Fertility Behaviour of Women in Rural Bangladesh. (Thesis). Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/2783

The total fertility rate in Bangladesh declined from 6.3 children per women in 1975 to 3.3 in 1997-1999. This decline of 48 per cent over a 25-year period occurred without a
substantial improvement in socio-economic status, health conditions and oth... Read More about Modelling the Influence of Communication on Fertility Behaviour of Women in Rural Bangladesh..

An exploratory study of consumption emotion in services. (2003)
Journal Article
Mudie, P., Cottam, A., & Raeside, R. (2003). An exploratory study of consumption emotion in services. Service Industries Journal, 23(5), 84-106. https://doi.org/10.1080/02642060308565625

This article addresses the significance of emotions in the consumption of services. There has been little investigation of emotions in services. This study attempts a general examination of consumers' emotional experiences across four quite distinct... Read More about An exploratory study of consumption emotion in services..

An investigation of factors associated with traffic accident and casualty risk in Scotland. (2002)
Thesis
White, D. I. An investigation of factors associated with traffic accident and casualty risk in Scotland. (Thesis). Napier University. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/id/eprint/2782

An investigation was conducted to identify factors associated with traffic accident involvement and traffic casualty involvement of road users in Scotland. This was
done to determine to what extent accident and casualty involvement are related, and... Read More about An investigation of factors associated with traffic accident and casualty risk in Scotland..

Test-retest reliability, validity, and sensitivity to change of the urogenital distress inventory and the incontinence impact questionnaire (2002)
Journal Article
Hagen, S., Hanley, J., & Capewell, A. (2002). Test-retest reliability, validity, and sensitivity to change of the urogenital distress inventory and the incontinence impact questionnaire. Neurourology and Urodynamics, 21(6), 534-539. https://doi.org/10.1002/nau.10075

Aims.
To evaluate two quality of life measures for urinary incontinence (UI) in Scottish females.

Methods.
Three groups with UI from two regions in Scotland were studied. Two groups were receiving treatment for incontinence; the third was not... Read More about Test-retest reliability, validity, and sensitivity to change of the urogenital distress inventory and the incontinence impact questionnaire.

Validity study of the severity index, a simple measure of urinary incontinence in women (2001)
Journal Article
Hanley, J., Capewell, A., & Hagen, S. (2001). Validity study of the severity index, a simple measure of urinary incontinence in women. BMJ, 322(7294), 1096-1097. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.322.7294.1096

A severity index that diagnoses urinary incontinence as slight, moderate, or severe appears to be effective, according to a study of 237 women. The index is based on how frequently the woman experiences incontinence and how much urine is lost.

Balance in cluster randomised trials. (2001)
Journal Article
Raab, G., & Butcher, I. (2001). Balance in cluster randomised trials. Statistics in Medicine, 20, 351-365. https://doi.org/10.1002/1097-0258%2820010215%2920%3A33.0.CO%3B2-C

This paper explores the role of balancing covariates between treatment groups in the design of cluster randomized trials. General expressions are obtained for two criteria to evaluate designs for parallel group studies with two treatments. The first... Read More about Balance in cluster randomised trials..

The Use of Sigmoids in Modelling and Forecasting Human Populations (1988)
Journal Article
Raeside, R. (1988). The Use of Sigmoids in Modelling and Forecasting Human Populations. Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A, 151(3), 499. https://doi.org/10.2307/2982997

The use of sigmoid trend models, particularly the logistic model, was once popular among demographers. However, by 1940 the approach had fallen out of favour, being criticized for giving poor results and having no theoretical validity, and it was con... Read More about The Use of Sigmoids in Modelling and Forecasting Human Populations.