AQMeN - Applied Quantitative Methods Network

This section of the website provides videos and materials from previous AQMeN lectures and local seminars. To view the materials click on the relevant heading.

Annual Lectures

• The Dynamics of Population Large and Small
  Professor Phil Rees, University of Leeds
  (December 2009, RSE Edinburgh)
• Statistics: The Science of the Individual
  Professor David Hand, Imperial College London
  (February 2011, RSE Edinburgh)
• Heterogeneous Agents, Sociat Interactions and Causal Inference
  Stephen W. Raudenbush, Lewis-Sebring Distinguished Service, Professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Chicago
  (March 2012, The Merchants' Hall, Edinburgh)

AQMeN Knowledge Exchange Lecture Series

• Some Uses (and abuses!) of Regression
  Professor John Curtice, University of Strathclyde
  (August 2010, University of Strathclyde) 
• Modelling Contexuality and Heterogeneity with Multilevel Models
  Professor Kelvyn Jones, University of Bristol
  (September 2010, Royal College of Surgeons, Edinburgh)
• Longitudinal Research and Ethnic Group Comparisons, Challenges, Findings and Future Possibilities
  Professor Lucinda Platt, Institute of Education, London
  (February 2011, University of Stirling)
• Drugs, Lost Villages and Bank Failure: Multidimensional Scaling to the Rescue
  Professor Tony Coxon, University of Cardiff
  (March 2011, University of Edinburgh)
• Understanding Social Mobility
  Professor Ian Deary, University of Edinburgh
  (September 2011, University of Glasgow)
• A New View of the Irish Famine through GIS and GWR
  Professor Stewart Fotheringham, University of St Andrews
  (December 2011, University of Dundee)

ESRC Festival of Social Science Events

• The Changing Face of Scotland
  Various speakers and workshops
  (March 2010, Sensation Science Centre, Dundee)
• Evaluating the Effectiveness of Public Services
  Various speakers
  (November 2011, Royal Society of Edinburgh, Edinburgh)

Local AQMeN Edinburgh Events

• Age and Fertility: Can women wait until their early thirties to try for a first birth?
  Professor John W. 'Mac' McDonald, Institute of Education London
  (January 2011, University of Edinburgh)
• The Use of Technology in Teaching Quantitative Methods
  Various speakers and workshops
  (January 2011, University of Edinburgh)
• Talk about Revolutions: The changing face of data dissemination in the 21st Century
  Dr. Steven Rodgers, ONS Data Visualisation Centre
  (February 2011. University of Edinburgh)
• Comparing Regression Coefficients between Models using Logit and Probit:
  A New Method
  Professor Richard Breen, Yale University
  (June 2011, University of Edinburgh)
• MANTRA - Effecting Culture Change in Research Data Management through Online Training
  (October 2011, University of Edinburgh)
• Examining patterns of police reporting amongst victims of partner abuse: analysisof the SCJS 2008/09 
  Sarah MacQueen and Dr Paul Norris 
  (December 2011, University of Edinburgh)