SEA is a research group within the Discipline of Social Statistics and the Centre for Census and Survey Research (CCSR) for colleagues who share an interest in spatial analysis and small area estimation. The research theme of small area estimation and spatial analysis fits well within the discipline of Social Statistics. Small area estimation and spatial analysis research is conducted within the main social statistics departments in the UK and abroad. Researchers in universities, national statistical offices, government organizations and research institutions working on the production of statistics for regional areas and other population subgroups show considerable interest in small area estimation and spatial analysis techniques. The group is currently convened by nikos.tzavidis@manchester.ac.uk Within the theme of spatial analysis and estimation we are interested in:
The group includes both PhD students and staff. Meetings are organized to discuss recent research results, to discuss a paper and to share research problems. Those currently participating in group meetings include: Gemma, Catney, Mark Tranmer, Nissa Finney, Ian Plewis, Nestor Arcia, Alan Marshall, Susan Ramsay, Nikos Tzavidis, Nick Shryane, Gindo Tampubolon, Yaojun Li
Small Area Methods for Poverty and Living Condition Estimates (SAMPLE), March 2008 – March 2011 (http://www.sample-project.eu/), Funded by the 7th European Framework
Administrative Data - Methods, Inference and Network (ADMIN), July 2008 – July 2011 (http://ioewebserver.ioe.ac.uk/ioe/cms/get.asp?cid=21343), Funded by the UK Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC)
Models for small area estimation and poverty mapping, Funded by the Office for National Statistics
Past Meetings
May 7 2008: Reading group discussing an article by David Harvey on the concept of space
January 27 2009: Spatial models for Small Area Estimation, Prof. Ray Chambers – Centre for Statistical and Survey Methodology, and School of Mathematics and Applied Statistics, University of Wollongong
February 25 2009: Spatial Interaction Modeling for Education Planning, Dr. Kirk Harland, School of Geography, University of Leeds
Small Area Estimation Conference, June 29 – July 01, 2009, Elche, Spain http://cio.umh.es/sae2009/
European Working Group on Small Area Estimation http://sae.wzr.pl/
Dr Nikos Tzavidis, Social Statistics and Centre for Census and Survey Research (CCSR)
Humanities Bridgeford StreetUniversity of Manchester Manchester M13 9PL
nikos.tzavidis@manchester.ac.uk