SPSS Step by Step:
Essentials for Social and Political Science
SPSS for Applied Sciences:
Basic Statistical Testing
Statistical Testing in Practice
with StatsDirect
Portfolio
Research
Quantitative and qualitative research in the following areas:- Market research for businesses, charities and educational establishments
- Educational research, including project evaluation and opinion surveys
- Medical research, relating to medical administration and also psychiatry
- Publishing research, based on analysis of Twitter follower demographics
Writing
- Books on statistical testing, including for CSIRO
and Policy Press - Research reports
- A handbook for careers guidance practitioners
- Novels, short stories and applied philosophy
- Marketing copy
Software development
- Creation of online questionnaires, with interactive pages and storage databases
- Semi-automation of cluster analysis procedures in R
- Software evaluation
- Creator of the internationally recognised career choice diagnostic tool, Careersteer
- Traffic simulation research, with ‘on-board’ statistical analysis of different driving modes
Management
- Monitoring and evaluating other educational researchers
- Director of a language school in Russia
- Warden on a college campus with a remit to reduce crime
- Senior roles in residential care
Publishing
In addition to the main duties of an author, I have:- compiled special contact lists for my publishers’ marketing teams
- ran targeted Twitter campaigns
- wrote, copy-edited and proof-read marketing copy
- reviewed books on research
- proof-read psychological research reports
- advised on website hosting services
- ‘smooth’ proof read for Project Gutenberg (feedback: ‘an unusually high hit rate’)
- reviewed and copy-edited self-published books
P.B. Shelley
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