Jo Morrison

MSc BSc CStat
Senior Statistician
j.morrison@nfer.ac.uk
+44 (0)1753 574123 Switchboard

Jo's current work and responsibilies at NFER include collaborating with researchers, mentoring and providing training in statistics and contributing to the maintenance of NFER's Register of Schools database.

Prior experience and professional background

Detection of non-random patterns in absence/presence data.

Jo is a member of the Royal Statistical Society.

Main research interests

Research methods and statistics.

Other research interests

Sampling, value-added methodology, SPSS syntax, item response theory.

Selected publications

Kirkup, C., Morrison, J. and Whetton, C. (2008). ‘Relationships between A-level courses and SAT scores in sample of UK students’. Paper presented at the American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting 2008, New York, NY, 24 March.

Kirkup, C., Schagen, I., Wheater, R., Morrison, J. and Whetton, C. (2007). Use of an Aptitude Test in University Entrance - a Validity Study: Relationships between SAT© Scores, Attainment Measures and Background Variables (DfES Research Report 846). London: DfES.

Gnaldi, M., Schagen, I., Twist, L. and Morrison, J.(2005). ‘Attitude items and low ability students: the need for a cautious approach to interpretation’, Educational Studies, 31, 2, 103-13.

Hutchison, D., Mifsud, C., Morrison, J., Grech, R., Rudd, P. and Handson, J. (2005). ‘The Malta Primary Literacy Value-Added Project: a template for value-added in small island states?’ Research Papers in Education, 20, 3, 303-45.

Sturman, L., Lewis, K., Morrison, J., Scott, E., Smith, P., Styles, B., Taggart, G. and Woodthorpe, A. (2005). General Teaching Council Survey of Teachers 2005. Final Report.

Twist, L., Gnaldi, M., Schagen, I. and Morrison, J. (2004). ‘Good readers but at a cost? Attitudes to reading in England’, Journal of Research in Reading, 27, 4, 387-400.

Schagen, I. and Morrison, J. (1999). ‘A methodology for judging departmental performance within schools’, Educational Research, 41, 1, 3-10.