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John MacInnes

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John MacInnes

Professor of Sociology

John MacInnes is Professor of Sociology at the University of Edinburgh and a Chartered Statistician. He is Strategic Advisor to the British Academy on Quantitative Skills. His main research interests lie in the pedagogy of quantitative reasoning and statistical literacy, and in the measurement and analysis of ‘population ageing’.

2 pieces

Newest first, since July 2018

  1. · Comment

    Is teaching data the key to gender equality in STEM?

    Men are still outnumbering women in STEM, and John MacInnes thinks integrating data into teaching might help.

  2. · Analysis

    Subject TEF and the question of numbers

    Chartered statistician John MacInnes introduces us to some of the major statistical problems presented by the design of subject TEF.