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- Textbooks for Research Methods and Data Analysis
- 1: Survey Analysis Workshop (SPSS)
- 1a: Statistical concepts and methods
- 1b: Teaching with Survey Data
- 1c: Developing research projects using survey data
- 1d: Workshop and presentations for ASSESS (SPSS users in Europe)
- 2: Survey Research Practice
- 2a: Survey Research Methodology, Practice and Training
- 2b: Major survey series
- 3: Subjective Social Indicators (Quality of Life)
- 4: Survey Unit, Social Science Research Council (UK)
- 5a: Polytechnic of North London (1976-1992)
- 5b: Survey Research Unit (1978-1992)
- Village life in Normandy
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- Origins of the British Crime Survey
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Unsung heroes in support services
[Page last updated 23 December 2019]
Salford (1964 - 1968)
John Whittaker for starting me off on Algol
Computer services for allowing access to the KDF9
Birmingham (1968 - 1970)
Nona Newman/Kathy Lang (Senior Programmer responsible for SPSS)
LSE (1970 - 1976)
Peter Wakeford (Head of Computer Services: author of SDTAB and MUTOS)
UK Data Archive, Essex (1970 to date: now UK Data Service)
Susan Cadogan (who always answers emails and quietly moves things along)
Rowan Currie
Karen Dennison
Jack Kneeshaw
Denise Lievesley (Director who turned it round and made it what it is today)
Eric Roughley
Kathy Sayer
Eric Tanenbaum (obituary note)
Marcia Taylor
Polytechnic of North London (1976 - 1992)
Beverley Rowe (Head of Computer Services: went on to found the Association for Survey Computing)
Peter Jeffreys (Head of Computer Services after Beverley Rowe)
Maureen Ashman (Senior Programmer responsible for SPSS)
Doreen Burton and her staff in data-prep
Computer operators (ICL1900, DEC-10, Vax)
Couriers willing to make special deliveries between campuses
Computer technicians for prioritising inter-campus links
France
Where would I be without Terry Blom, fellow ex-pat early retiree, neighbour, computer wizard extra-ordinaire?
SPSS gurus
(unstinting in their time and technical advice via the SPSS-X list)
Jon Peck (Retired Senior Software Engineer, IBM-SPSS)
Bruce Weaver (Cognitive Psychology, Lakehead University, Canada)
David Marso (LinkedIn profile)
Jignesh Sutar (LinkedIn profile)
Andy Wheeler (Blog site on SPSS)
Vi-Ann Beadle (lLinkedIn profile)
: Worked with Norman Nie for many years. Principal designer Graphic User Interface (GUI )
Salford (1964 - 1968)
John Whittaker for starting me off on Algol
Computer services for allowing access to the KDF9
Birmingham (1968 - 1970)
Nona Newman/Kathy Lang (Senior Programmer responsible for SPSS)
LSE (1970 - 1976)
Peter Wakeford (Head of Computer Services: author of SDTAB and MUTOS)
UK Data Archive, Essex (1970 to date: now UK Data Service)
Susan Cadogan (who always answers emails and quietly moves things along)
Rowan Currie
Karen Dennison
Jack Kneeshaw
Denise Lievesley (Director who turned it round and made it what it is today)
Eric Roughley
Kathy Sayer
Eric Tanenbaum (obituary note)
Marcia Taylor
Polytechnic of North London (1976 - 1992)
Beverley Rowe (Head of Computer Services: went on to found the Association for Survey Computing)
Peter Jeffreys (Head of Computer Services after Beverley Rowe)
Maureen Ashman (Senior Programmer responsible for SPSS)
Doreen Burton and her staff in data-prep
Computer operators (ICL1900, DEC-10, Vax)
Couriers willing to make special deliveries between campuses
Computer technicians for prioritising inter-campus links
France
Where would I be without Terry Blom, fellow ex-pat early retiree, neighbour, computer wizard extra-ordinaire?
SPSS gurus
(unstinting in their time and technical advice via the SPSS-X list)
Jon Peck (Retired Senior Software Engineer, IBM-SPSS)
Bruce Weaver (Cognitive Psychology, Lakehead University, Canada)
David Marso (LinkedIn profile)
Jignesh Sutar (LinkedIn profile)
Andy Wheeler (Blog site on SPSS)
Vi-Ann Beadle (lLinkedIn profile)
: Worked with Norman Nie for many years. Principal designer Graphic User Interface (GUI )