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Personal profile
Overview
Have undertaken Applied Statistics research and published in a number of discipline areas.
Research interests
- Multilevel models
- Multivariate methods
- Social statistics
- Health/Medical statistics
- Statistical computing
- Multiple testing
- Testing for randomness.
Commercial and public engagement
As part of the Statistical Services and Consultancy Unit at the University of Hertfordshire, I have conducted work for commercial and public organisations in a number of areas. Highlights include
- testing randomness of National Lottery machines;
- analysing energy consumption data for project funded by Ofgem/Department for Energy and Climate Change;
- expert witness in court proceedings concerning drug contamination of banknotes.
Teaching specialisms
- Data analytics
- Multivariate statistics
- Introductory statistics
- Statistical computing and programming
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Projects
- 19 Finished
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Analysis of Uno Passenger Profile/Behaviour With a Particular Focus on the Bus Fare Cap
Spencer, N. (PI), Hu, X. (PI), Coates, M. (PI) & Bosi, A. (PI)
13/12/23 → 16/04/25
Project: Consultancy
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Health behaviour in school-aged children study (HBSC)
Spencer, N. (PI)
1/01/23 → 31/07/23
Project: Research
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Statistical work for Health behaviour in school-aged children study (HBSC)
Spencer, N. (PI)
1/01/23 → 31/07/23
Project: Research
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Mapping educational outcomes of students upon completion of higher education
Spencer, N. (PI), Banerjee, P. (CoPI) & Mountford Zimdars, A. (CoI)
1/03/22 → 31/07/22
Project: Research
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Report on analysis of collective labour disputes in the EU
Brookes, M. (CoPI), Spencer, N. (CoPI), Huws, U. (CoI), Kampouri, E. (CoI), Blissett, E. (CoI) & Coates, M. (CoI)
1/12/20 → 1/12/20
Project: Research
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Using an artificial intelligence-based device to investigate pain outcomes in robotic prostatectomy at low pressure pneumoperitoneum: The RALP clinical trial
Vasdev, N., Isherwood, L., Feyissa, M., Spencer, N., Roxas-Saguil, C., Jonsson, A., Irvine, K., Wellsted, D., King, S., Daniels, J., Peacock, L., Odedra, T., Smith, P., Dasgupta, P., Decaestecker, K., Belavadi , P., Shukla , B., Prasad, V. & Gowrie-Mohan, S., 31 May 2026, In: BJUI Compass. 7, 5, p. e70226 10 p., e70226.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Effects of Transcutaneous Electroacupuncture Stimulation (TEAS) on Eyeblink, EEG, and Heart Rate Variability (HRV): A Non-Parametric Statistical Study Investigating the Potential of TEAS to Modulate Physiological Markers
Mayor, D., Steffert, T., Steinfath, P., Watson, T., Spencer, N. & Banks, D., 18 Jul 2025, In: Sensors. 25, 14, 34 p., 4468.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Use of body-mapping (an art therapy methodology) to enhance medical student history taking skills and the students’ response
Schamroth, A., Berman, H. & Spencer, N., 25 May 2025, In: Journal of Education and Development. 9, 2, 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Applied Nonparametric Statistical Methods: Chapman & Hall/CRC Texts in Statistical Science
Smeeton, N., Spencer, N. & Sprent, P., 31 Mar 2025, 5th ed. New York: CRC Press. 476 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
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Using Opera to Teach the History of Medicine to Medical Students and Their Assessment of This Novel Approach
Schamroth, A. & Spencer, N., 28 Feb 2025, In: Creative Education. 16, 2, p. 135-143 9 p., 162008.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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