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National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM)

WEBcomprehensive training in research methods. NCRM delivers training and resources at core and advanced levels, covering quantitative, qualitative, digital, creative, visual, mixed and multimodal methods

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Health Survey for England

WEB4. Health Survey for England methodology. • Random probability study • Households are selected from the Postcode Address File and clustered into points across England. • Cross-sectional • Nationally representative sample –8,000 adults and 2,000 children each year • Tracks trends over time (nearly 30 years of data) • Health

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NCRM News How can we measure health inequality

WEBHow can we measure health inequality? Date. 28th October 2021. Category. NCRM news. Author (s) Dr Apostolos Davillas, University of East Anglia. An abstract illustration of healthcare data. Economists (and more broadly social scientists) are increasingly focused on the measurement and causes of inequality in health.

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Subjective socioeconomic status and health in cross-national …

WEBResearch has established a robust association between subjective socioeconomic status (SES) and health outcomes, which holds over and above the associations between objective markers of SES and health. Furthermore, comparative research on health inequalities has shown considerable variation in the relationship between different …

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Indigenous and non-indigenous research partnerships – A UKRI

WEBThe resources available here on the Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Research Partnership project pages are about partnerships between researchers. As well as partnership between academics, they are relevant to the increasing number of UK-based researchers are working transnationally and internationally among Indigenous peoples.

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The educational gradient in self-rated health in Europe

WEBIn line with this reasoning, we formulate the following expectation: H1: An egalitarian doctor–patient relationship reduces the size of the positive association between education and self-rated health. Secondly, the models of the doctor–patient relationship might have differing effects on different educational groups.

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Health information and health outcomes: An application of the

WEBRigorous causal inference is important and often necessary in order to provide sound policy advice. An evaluation method that is rapidly becoming standard in the economics literature is the regression discontinuity (RD) design. Here we use the RD method to analyse the eff ects of the 1995 pill scare in the United Kingdom, showing how this methodology can be …

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Multinomial logistic regression by Dr Heini Väisänen

WEBPresenter (s): Dr Heini Väisänen. This two-part series gives a short introduction to multinomial logistic regression. The method can be used in situations, where the outcome (dependent) variable has three or more categories. The series introduces the principles of the method, uses empirical examples to show how the method is applied and

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Introduction to surveys and longitudinal data: mental health and …

WEBAbout the author. Mark Elliot is a Professor of Social Statistics at the University of Manchester. Professor Elliot has been central to the field of confidentiality and privacy since 1996. Professor Elliot collaborates widely with non-academic partners, particularly with national statistical agencies where he has been a key influence on …

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The everyday lives of children in care: using a sociological

WEBThese include early concepts of children as inherently evil, requiring discipline and correction, or as innocent, requiring nurturance and protection. Both can be understood in terms of risk anxiety, as fear of children and fear for children (Scott, Jackson and Backett-Milburn, 1998). Discourses about looked after children in the media and in

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NCRM Ali Hanbury

WEBI work collaboratively and creatively to develop innovative mechanisms to identify and engage key audiences across various sectors and industries. By utilising a range of engagement activities and events, I work with cross-sector researchers to showcase methodological developments. NCRM’s engagement function has three active priority …

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What are Academic Disciplines

WEBOne purpose of education is to prepare pupils and students for economic participation or for the job market.121An academic degree used to be a ‘corporate certification of accomplishment in a field of knowledge’.122This means that curricula should convey knowledge and skills that are considered relevant to employers.

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Introduction to ECHILD: Linked data from health, education and …

WEBThis short course is designed to give participants a practical introduction to ECHILD (Educational and Child Health Insights from Linked Data). ECHILD is a collection of linked, longitudinal administrative datasets covering health, education and children’s social care. More information about the data can be found in the ECHILD User Guide.

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Social Science & Medicine

WEB1. Introduction The relationship between objective and subjective socioeco- nomic status (SES) is a classic topic within sociology (Evans and Kelley, 2004; Lindemann and Saar, 2014; Marx, 1976) that has recently resurfaced in public health research (Adler, 2013; Nobles et al., 2013; Singh-Manoux et al., 2005; Wolff et al., 2010).

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How many qualitative interviews is enough

WEB2 Abstract Students conducting a piece of qualitative research frequently ask ‘how many interviews is enough?’ Early career researchers and established academics also consider this question when designing research projects.

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Informed Consent in Social Research: A Literature Review

WEBThe paper explores issues of informed consent in qualitative social research in general but focuses specifically on research conducted with so called ‘vulnerable’ groups (to include children, older people and people with a range of physical and mental health problems) in that issues of consent are. Rose Wiles, ESRC National Centre for

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Visual Ethics: Ethical Issues in Visual Research

WEBThe authors stress the importance of researchers engaging with theories (or approaches) to research ethics in their ethical decision making in order to protect the reputation and integrity of visual research. 1. Introduction. There has been a rapid growth and re-interest in visual methods in the last decade or so.

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Guidance Paper 2: Obtaining Consent in Research involving …

WEBthis reason, we might presume as researchers that all children under 16 are unable to give consent on their own behalf but this is not legally correct. • The landmark legal decision in Gillick v West Norfolk & Wisbech Area Health Authority [1986] AC 112 decided that a competent minor under the age of 16 can seek (medical) advice and treatment in her …

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