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Dr. Wendy K. Olsen Senior Lecturer in Socio-Economic Research

Dr. Wendy K. Olsen Senior Lecturer in Socio-Economic Research . Cathie Marsh Centre for Census & Survey Research And Discipline of Social Statistics. Research-Focused Centre and Interdisciplinary Social Statisticians. Tasks of a Social Statistician. Consultancy Service teaching

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Dr. Wendy K. Olsen Senior Lecturer in Socio-Economic Research

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  1. Dr. Wendy K. OlsenSenior Lecturer in Socio-Economic Research Cathie Marsh Centre for Census & Survey Research And Discipline of Social Statistics

  2. Research-Focused Centre and Interdisciplinary Social Statisticians

  3. Tasks of a Social Statistician • Consultancy • Service teaching • Mathematics support for sampling, weighted averages etc. • Research

  4. Example of Spline for Nchild: Its Correlation with Wage Depends on the Model Structure (Endogeneity) From Budig and England, 2001

  5. A Moderation Model MEDIATION MODERATION

  6. Same Model Without Endogeneity

  7. Older people living alone were more satisfied with their lives than those who are in the age groups ‘young’ and ‘middle’ in UK 2010 University of Essex. Institute for Social and Economic Research and National Centre for Social Research, Understanding Society: Wave 1, 2009-2010, Data Archive [distributor], February 2012. SN: 6614 , http://dx.doi.org/10.5255/UKDA-SN-6614-3

  8. Glimpse of Integrated Mixed Methods

  9. Job Opportunities • Office for National Statistics & Government Statistical Service • A grueling test-and-interview entry procedure • Academic roles : Lecturer, Researcher • These require a PhD 3 + 1 + 1 + 3 = 8 years study • Third party firms which provide services under the kitemark “National Statistic” • (UK Statistics Authority issues this seal of approval) • Think-tanks (e.g. the Work Foundation, Rowntree) • AQA • Housing, regeneration, etc.

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