AQMeNtion
Interview with Stewart Fotheringham We were fortunate recently to have the opportunity to interview Stewart Fotheringham, Director of the Centre for GeoInformatics at the University of St Andrews. Stewart is one of the founders of the increasingly popular technique of geographically weighted regression.
Focus on Methods: In this edition we have articles on: Quantile Regression by Katrin Hohl (London School of Economics); and Software for Structural Equation Modelling by Nick Shryane (University of Manchester) and Simon Hunter (University of Stirling).
Spotlight Rhys Andrews from Cardiff Business School describes the research on Public Service Performance being carried out by the Cardiff Public Management Research Group. Rhys was one of the presenters at AQMeN's recent conference on Evaluating the Effectiveness of Public Services.
Hot Topic AQMeN's Senior Statistician Helen Brown reports on 'Ethnic Variations in Chest Pain and Angina in Scotland' using data from the 2001 Scottish Census linked with hospital in-patient records and death records.
Three AQMeN members share what they learned at recent events:
- Evaluating the Effectiveness of Public Services conference, reviewed by Ally Memon
- A New View of the Irish Famine lecture, reviewed by Ellie Bates
- Geographically Weighted Regression training course, reviewed by Yu Chen
Other News... News items of interest to members are regularly published on the AQMeN website. Some recent announcements include:
- AQMeN Senior Statistician Vacancy
- Scottish Government's National Performance Framework is refreshed
- Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation - new guidance published
- Scottish Household Survey Travel Diary Results published
- Growing Up in Scotland - new edition published
- Other News Items recently published by AQMeN
AQMeN are always on the lookout for content for our newsletter. Please send an email to info@aqmen.ac.uk if you have a suggestion for an article.
