Local authority researchers

Sessions of interest include:

Urban change: Linking data to inform decision making in the public sector

Resources for census users (rta) and ONS resources

Methods for analysing spatial and social change over time

Methodological issues in understanding the role of place

Methodological issues in analyzing place

Methodological issues in researching ethnicity and race

Validity and Explanation in Qualitative and Quantitative Research

Research design, a session run by David de Vaus, author of Research Design in Social Research (Sage 2001)

Minimising survey non-response and dealing with missing data