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Public Profile

Title
Prof
First Name
Andy
Last Name
Thompson
Job Title
Professor of Public Policy and Citizenship
Employer/Institution
University of Edinburgh
Department/Unit
Politics & IR / School of Social and Political Science
Discipline
Political Science & International Relations
Other discipline / Specific area of work
Public policy
Website 1
http://www.pol.ed.ac.uk/staff_profiles/thompson_andrew
Short Biography

My main research interests are in the politics of public services, public participation in health care and education, perception and satisfaction measurement, and quality management.  I teach public policy, survey and questionnaire design, as well as descriptive, exploratory and advanced quantitative methods to postgraduate research students.  The principal techniques that I use include data reduction methods, such as factor analysis/PCA and index construction, and regression modelling.

History

Member for
3 years 6 months