Academic Staff:
Research Students:
Overview:
The Applied Statistical Modelling Group collaborates extensively with other disciplines from across the university and externally. Collaboration is mainly through the Statistics Support Unit for Research (SSUR), which is widely used by other UWE Faculties, and is generating PhD second-supervisor opportunities from other UWE researchers who want to make use of the group’s expertise. Interdisciplinary research is carried out relating to several areas of application: health care, regional economics, psychology, plant science, marine environments and ant brood sorting. The group also supplies extensive input to the Applied Statistical and Quantitative Modelling (ASQM) consultancy unit.
The applied statistics team at UWE host a series of one-day courses in the application of applied quantitative techniques and research methods. Batches of these courses run at least three times per year and the courses are open to all.
In addition to collaborative inter-disciplinary work the member of the applied statistical modeling group conduct research in statistical methods and methodology with a particular interest in computational statistics and model building.
Select Publications:
D.J. Webber and P. White. Convergence towards a Steady State Distribution. Economics Letters, 94, 338 – 341, 2007.
C. L. Liossi and P. White. Parental pain expectancy as a mediator between child expected and experienced procedure-related pain intensity during painful medical procedures. The Clinical Journal of Pain, 23(5), 392 - 399, 2007.
C.E. Garner, S. Smith, B. de Lacy Costello, P. White, R. Spencer, C.S.J. Probert, N.M. Ratcliffe. Volatile organic compounds from feces and their potential for gastrointestinal disease diagnoses. The Journal of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, 21, 1 – 14, 2007.
A. Clarke, F. Murphy, P. White, V. Brough, A. Renshaw, P.E.M. Butler. Attitudes to facial Transplantation of Transplant Professionals in the UK. Proceedings in Transplantation, 17(3), 228 - 233, 2007.
W.J. Bailey, I.S. Weir, B. Couet and J.R. Hogan. Survival Analysis: the statistically rigorous method for analyzing electrical submersible pump system performance. SPE Production & Operations, 21, No. 4: 492-504, 2006.
J. Bright, R. Desikan, J.T. Hancock, I.S. Weir and S.J. Neil. ABA-induced NO generation and stomatal closure in Arabidopsis are dependent on H2O2 synthesis. The Plant Journal, 45(1):113-22, 2006.
A. Clarke, J. Simmons, P. White, S. Withey and P. Butler. Attitudes to Face Transplantation: Results of a Public Engagement Exercise at the Royal Society Summer Science Exhibition. Journal Burns Care and Research, 27(3), 394-398, 2006.
C. Liossi, P. White, and P. Hatira. Randomised clinical trial of a local anaesthetic versus a combination of self-hypnosis with a local anaesthetic in the management of paediatric procedure-related pain. Health Psychology, 25(3), 307–315, 2006.
R. Desikan, J.T. Hancock, J. Bright, J. Harrison, I. Weir, R. Hooley and S.J. Neill. A Role for ETR1 in Hydrogen Peroxide Signaling in Stomatal Guard Cells. Plant Physiol. 137, 831-834, 2005.
D.J. Webber, P.White, and D.O. Allen. Income convergence across US States: An analysis using measures of concordance and discordance. Journal of Regional Science, 45(3), 565-589, 2005.
N. Rumsey, A. Clarke, P.White and M. Wynn-Williams. Altered body image: auditing the appearance related concerns of people with visible disfigurement. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 48, 443-453, 2004.
N. Rumsey, A. Clarke and P.White. Auditing the appearance related concerns of people with hand injuries. British Journal of Hand Therapy, 8, 57-61, 2003.
N .Rumsey, A.Clarke and P.White. Exploring the psychosocial concerns of outpatients with disfiguring conditions. Journal of Wound Care , 12(7), 247-252, 2003.
D. Webber and P.White. Regional factor price convergence across four major European countries. Regional Studies, 37(8), 773-782, 2003.
A.N. Pettitt, I.S. Weir and A.G. Hart. Spatial modelling for binary data using a hidden conditional conditional autoregressive Gaussian process for irregularly spaced multivariate data with application to modelling large sets of binary data. Statistics and Computing., 12, 353-367, 2002.
L. Kleve, N. Rumsey and P.White. The effectiveness of cognitive-behavioural interventions provided at Outlook: a disfigurement support unit. Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, 8(4), 387-395, 2002.
P.R. Aitchison, J.N. Chapman, V. Gehanno, I.S. Weir, and M.R. Scheinfein. High resolution measurement and modelling of magnetic domain structures in epitaxial FePd (001) L10 films with perpendicular magnetisation. J. of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials}, 223(2): 138-146, 2001.
C. Liossi and P.White. Efficacy of clinical hypnosis in the enhancement of quality of life of terminally ill cancer patients. Contemporary Hypnosis, 18(3), 145-160, 2001.
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