Dr Alasdair Rutherford, University of Stirling, Dr Helen Harper, Volunteer Development Scotland, Dr Louise Meikleham, Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator and Steven Hope, Ipsos MORI There is increasing enthusiasm for exploiting “big data”, and making better use of quantitative data from both social surveys and administrative sources. However, this poses a significant challenge for organisations that do not have
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Dr Zhiqiang Feng, University of St Andrews and Cecilia MacIntyre, National Records of Scotland Migration and commuting are two types of key agents of population flows which have considerable impacts on localities and regions. The analysis of patterns and dynamics of migration and commuting is fundamentally important in understanding population dynamics for researchers as well as to policy makers dealing
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Understanding research on social attitudes regarding the Scottish independence referendum 2014 These materials have been developed by researchers conducting research on public attitudes on the Scottish independence referendum, held in 2014. These focus on questions about young people’s political engagement and views in a way that is relevant beyond the referendum. Find out more about this research. The materials are
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The Applied Quantitative Methods Network (AQMeN) was a research centre funded by ESRC from 2013-2017 to develop a dynamic and pioneering set of projects to improve our understanding of current social issues in the UK and provide policy makers and practitioners with robust, independent, research-based evidence to build a better future. AQMeN had three primary strands of research involving a
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