PhD studentships are available for study in the Quantitative Methods cluster of the ESRC-funded Doctoral Training Centre. The Quantitative Methods cluster is a collaboration between the Department of Medical Statistics at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), the Department of Quantitative Social Science and the Centre for Longitudinal Studies, both at the Institute of Education (IoE).
We seek applicants for postgraduate training in the application of quantitative methods to substantive issues in the health and social sciences and/or in the development and evaluation of statistical methods. Applicants will have a Masters degree in medical or social statistics, or equivalent qualifications or experience.
Type of applicant
Applicants should be interested in developing and applying quantitative methods in health and/or social science, with a background either in medical statistics or quantitative social science including (but not only) economics, geography, sociology, social policy and psychology or other quantitative backgrounds such as maths or statistics.
Advanced Training
As students progress, we anticipate they will need additional training to address methodological issues that arise and to understand how related methodologies complement each other. To meet this need, students will be able to draw on extensive advanced training expertise in both LSHTM and IoE to assemble a tailored programme of advanced study. Courses available include statistical analysis with missing data, statistical methods in epidemiology, longitudinal modelling, structural equation models, bootstrapping, and causal inference.
Research Proposal
We know little about how schools as institutions affect students’ health. Although studies have examined how school provision of food and drink and opportunities for physical activity influence student health fewer studies have examined the broader health effects of how schools are managed and how they provide teaching.
The proposed research will use longitudinal data derived from a randomised trial of a school bullying intervention to examine the following hypothesis:
In a 24-month longitudinal study, year 9 students (age 13/14) will report less aggression and bullying (primary outcomes) and less use of alcohol, tobacco and drugs (secondary outcomes) in schools in which staff at baseline reported management approaches and teacher practices which might improve staff-student relationships and increase student commitment to school.
Further information
In order to apply for a scholarship please contact either:
Prof. Chris Bonell (email: [log in to unmask])
Dr Elizabeth Allen (email: [log in to unmask])
Closing date 23rd Jan 2015
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