Harvey Goldstein is a British

United Kingdom

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 statistician

Statistician

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 known for his contributions to multilevel model

Multilevel model

Multilevel models are statistical models of parameters that vary at more than one level...

ling methodology and software, and for applying this to educational assessment and league table

League table

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s.

He is currently professor of social statistics

Social statistics

Social statistics is the use of statistical measurement systems to study human behavior in a social environment. This can be accomplished through polling a particular group of people, evaluating a particular subset of data obtained about a group of people, or by observation and statistical...

 in the Centre for Multilevel Modelling at the University of Bristol

University of Bristol

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. From 1977 to 2005, he was professor of statistical methods at the Institute of Education

Institute of Education

The Institute of Education is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom specialised in postgraduate study and research in the field of education and a constituent college of the federal University of London. It is the largest education research body in the United Kingdom, with...

 of the University of London

University of London

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. He is the author of a monograph

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 on multilevel statistical models.

He was elected a fellow of the British Academy

British Academy

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 in 1996 and awarded the Guy Medal

Guy Medal

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 in silver by the Royal Statistical Society

Royal Statistical Society

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 in 1998.

External links

• Prof Harvey Goldstein, FBA at Debrett's People of Today