Vernon Gayle

Chair of Sociology and Social Statistics

vernon.gayle@ed.ac.uk

+44 (0)131 6504069

3.08

18 Buccleuch Place

Edinburgh

EH8 9LN

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Social Stratification, Social statistics, Sociology of youth, Sociology of Education, Migration studies, Fertility, Sociology of Sport, Large and complex datasets, Social surveys, Administrative Data

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Sociology

Publication	Research Explorer link
Gayle V, Connelly R. Social class inequalities in children’s cognitive test scores: Comparing similarities test scores in two British birth cohort studies. Swiss Journal of Sociology. 2023 Aug 18;49(2):273-290. doi: 10.2478/sjs-2023-0015	View
Gayle V, Connelly R. The Stark realities of reproducible statistically orientated sociological research: Some newer rules of the sociological method. Methodological Innovations. 2022 Nov;15(3):207-221. Epub 2022 Aug 9. doi: 10.1177/20597991221111681	View
Breznau N, Rinke EM, Wuttke A, Nguyen HHV, Adem M, Adriaans J et al. Observing many researchers using the same data and hypothesis reveals a hidden universe of uncertainty. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). 2022 Nov;119(44):1-8. Epub 2022 Oct 28. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2203150119	View
Stopforth S, Gayle V. Parental social class and GCSE attainment: Re-reading the role of ‘cultural capital’ . British Journal of Sociology of Education. 2022 Jul 4;43(5):680-699. Epub 2022 Mar 13. doi: 10.1080/01425692.2022.2045185	View
Connelly R, Gayle V. Social surveys during the COVID-19 pandemic. In Kara H, Khoo SM, editors, Researching in the Age of COVID-19: Volume I: Response and Reassessment. Vol. 1. Policy Press. 2020	View
Gayle V, Playford CJ, Connelly R. Social class inequalities in Scottish school qualifications. Contemporary Social Science. 2020 Sept 30. Epub 2020 Sept 30. doi: 10.1080/21582041.2020.1823013	View
Connelly R, Gayle V, Playford C. Transparent and reproducible data analysis. In Atkinson P, Delamont S, Cernat A, Sakshaug JW, Williams RA, editors, SAGE Research Methods Foundations. London: SAGE. 2020 Epub 2020 Sept 23. doi: 10.4135/9781526421036926480	View
Connelly R, Gayle V, Playford C. Social class inequalities in educational attainment: Measuring social class using capitals, assets and resources. Contemporary Social Science. 2020 Sept 2;N/A:1-15. Epub 2020 Sept 2. doi: 10.1080/21582041.2020.1805506	View
Stopforth S, Gayle V, Boeren E. Parental social class and school GCSE outcomes: Two decades of evidence from UK household panel surveys. Contemporary Social Science. 2020 Jul 16. doi: 10.1080/21582041.2020.1792967	View
Ralston K, Gorton V, MacInnes J, Gayle V, Crow G. Anxious women or complacent men? Anxiety of statistics in a sample of UK Sociology undergraduates. International Journal of Social Research Methodology. 2020 May 13. Epub 2020 May 13. doi: 10.1080/13645579.2020.1761186	View
Shapira M, Gayle V, Graham E. Moving on and moving out: The implications of socio-spatial mobility for union stability Journal. Population, Space and Place. 2019 Mar 8;e2180:1-20. Epub 2018 Aug 7. doi: 10.1002/psp.2180	View
Connelly R, Gayle V. An investigation of social class inequalities in general cognitive ability in two British birth cohorts. British Journal of Sociology. 2019 Jan;70(1):90-108. Epub 2017 Dec 19. doi: 10.1111/1468-4446.12343	View
Shapira M, Gayle V, Graham E. Moving on and moving out: The implications of socio-spatial mobility for union stability. University of Southampton: ESRC Centre for Population Change. 2017 Oct 26. (Centre for Population Change; 87).	View
Ralston K, Gayle V. Exploring 'generations and cultures of worklessness' in contemporary Britain. Youth & Policy. 2017 Oct 12.	View
Connelly R, Gayle V. An investigation of the consistency of parental occupational information between UK birth records and a national social survey. European Sociological Review. 2017 Apr;33(2):240-256. Epub 2017 Jan 25. doi: 10.1093/esr/jcw060	View
Gayle V, Lambert PS. The Workflow: A Practical Guide to Producing Accurate, Efficient, Transparent and Reproducible Social Survey Data Analysis . National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM). 2017 Jan 19, p. 1-28.	View
Playford C, Gayle V, Connelly R, Murray S. Parental socioeconomic influences on filial educational outcomes in Scotland: patterns of school-level educational performance using administrative data. Contemporary Social Science. 2016 Dec 15;11(2-3):183-202. Epub 2016 May 16. doi: 10.1080/21582041.2016.1172728	View
Playford C, Gayle V, Connelly R, Gray AJG. Administrative Social Science Data: The challenge of reproducible research. Big Data and Society. 2016 Dec 1;3(2):1-13. doi: 10.1177/2053951716684143	View
Connelly R, Playford C, Gayle V, Dibben C. The Role of Administrative Data in the Big Data Revolution in Social Science Research. Social Science Research. 2016 Sept 1;59(September 2016):1-12. Epub 2016 Apr 14. doi: 10.1016/j.ssresearch.2016.04.015	View
Connelly R, Gayle V, Lambert P. A review of occupation-based social classifications for social survey research. Methodological Innovations Online. 2016 Apr 19;9. doi: 10.1177/2059799116638003	View
Connelly R, Gayle V, Lambert P. A Review of Educational Attainment Measures for Social Survey Research. Methodological Innovations Online. 2016 Apr 19;9:1-11. doi: 10.1177/2059799116638001	View
Connelly R, Gayle V, Lambert P. Ethnicity and ethnic group measures in social survey research. Methodological Innovations Online. 2016 Apr 19;9. doi: 10.1177/2059799116642885	View
Connelly R, Gayle V, Lambert P. Statistical modelling of key variables in social survey data analysis. Methodological Innovations Online. 2016 Apr 19;9. doi: 10.1177/2059799116638002	View
Gayle V, Murray SJ, Connelly R. Young people and school General Certificate of Secondary Education attainment: Looking for the ‘missing middle’. British Journal of Sociology of Education. 2016 Apr;37(3):350-370. Epub 2014 Aug 15. doi: 10.1080/01425692.2014.935292	View
Gayle V, Playford C, Connelly R, Murray S. Between the NEET and the tidy - Exploring ‘middle’ outcomes in Scottish school qualifications. ESRC Centre for Population Change. 2016 Mar. (CPC Working Papers; 76).	View
Ralston K, Gayle V, Lambert P. Gender, occupation and first birth: Do 'career men' delay first birth too? Sociological Research Online. 2016 Feb 29;21(1):90-101. doi: 10.5153/sro.3862	View
Playford C, Gayle V. The concealed middle? An exploration of ordinary young people and school GCSE subject area attainment. Journal of Youth Studies. 2016 Feb;19(2):149-168. Epub 2015 Jul 20. doi: 10.1080/13676261.2015.1052049	View
Connelly R, Gayle V, Lambert PS. Modelling key variables in social science research: Introduction to the special section. Methodological Innovations. 2016;9(1-2). Epub 2016 Apr 19. doi: 10.1177/2059799116637782	View
Connelly R, Gayle V, Lambert PS. Conclusion: Special section on modelling key variables in social science research. Methodological Innovations. 2016;9(1-2). Epub 2016 Apr 19. doi: 10.1177/2059799116637989	View
Gayle V, Connelly R, Lambert PS. A review of education measures for social research. Southampton: ESRC Centre for Population Change. 2015 May. (Centre for Population Change Working Paper ).	View
Findlay AM, McCollum D, Coulter R, Gayle V. New mobilities across the lifecourse: a framework for analysing demographically-linked drivers of migration. Population, Space and Place. 2015 May;390–402. Epub 2015 Apr 28.	View
Findlay A, McCollum D, Coulter R, Gayle V. New mobilities across the life course: A framework for analysing demographically linked drivers of migration. Population, Space and Place. 2015 Apr 28;21(4):390-402. Epub 2015 Apr 28. doi: 10.1002/psp.1956	View
Gayle V, Connelly R, Lambert PS. A review of occupation-based social classifications for social research. Southampton: ESRC Centre for Population Change. 2015 Feb. (Centre for Population Change Working Paper ).	View
Findlay AM, McCollum D, Coulter R, Gayle V. New mobilities across the lifecourse: A framework for analysing demographically-linked drivers of migration. Southampton: ESRC Centre for Population Change. 2015 Jan, p. 1-35. (Centre for Population Change Working Paper ).	View
Lowe J, Gayle V. From lifelong learning to youth employment: back to the future for higher education in Scotland’s colleges. Journal of Further and Higher Education. 2015. Epub 2014 Dec 12. doi: 10.1080/0309877X.2014.971104	View
Gayle V, Playford C. The concealed middle? An exploration of ordinary young people and school GCSE subject area attainment. Southampton: ESRC Centre for Population Change Working Paper. 2014 Jun, p. 1-35.	View
Gayle V, Lowe J. Moving from lifelong learning to youth employment: Higher Education in Scotland's colleges. Southampton: ESRC Centre for Population Change Working Paper. 2014 Mar.	View
Gayle V, McClung M. Social Capital and Children in Care. 2014, p. 1-6.	View
Connelly R, Gayle V, Murray SJ. Young People and School GCSE Attainment: Exploring the 'Middle'. Sociological Research Online. 2013;18(1). doi: 10.5153/sro.2880, http://www.socresonline.org.uk/18/1/6.html	View
Gayle V, McClung M. Social Capital as a Mechanism for Exploring the Low Educational Achievements of Looked After Children. Journal of Children's Services. 2013;8(1):52.	View
Nowok B, van Ham M, Findlay AM, Gayle V. Does Migration Make You Happy? A Longitudinal Study of Internal Migration and Subjective Well-Being. Environment and Planning A. 2013;45(4):986-1002. doi: 10.1068/a45287	View
Murray S, Gayle V. Youth Transitions: Survey Question Bank: Topic Overview 8. Survey Resources Network, 2012.	View
Murray S, Gayle V, Connelly R. Exploring Educational Attainment between the Elite and the NEET: A contemporary analysis of British Household Panel Survey Data. 2012.	View
Connelly R, Gayle V, Lambert PS, Blackburn R. Social Stratification: Trends and Processes. Ashgate Publishing, 2012.	View
Brown D, O'Reilly D, Gayle V, Macintyre S, Benzeval M, Leyland AH. Socio-demographic and health characteristics of individuals left behind in deprived areas in Scotland. Health & Place. 2012;18:400-440.	View
Gayle V, McParland P, Devine P, Innes A. Dementia knowledge and attitudes of the general public in Northern Ireland: an analysis of national survey data. International Psychogeriatrics. 2012;24:1600-1613. doi: 10.1017/S1041610212000658	View
Brown D, Benzeval M, Gayle V, Macintyre S, O'Reilly D, Leyland AH. Childhood Residential Mobility and Health in Late Adolescence and Adulthood: Findings from the West of Scotland Twenty-07 Study. Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health. 2012;66(10):942-950. doi: 10.1136/jech-2011-200316	View
Gayle V, Feijten P, Boyle P, Graham E. Differences in mental health between adults in stepfamilies and 'first families'. ESRC Centre for Population Change Working Paper. 2011 Jan, p. 1-32.	View
Nowok B, van Ham M, Findlay A, Gayle V. Does Migration Make You Happy? A Longitudinal Study of Internal Migration and Subjective Well-Being. 2011.	View
Lowe J, Gayle V. Moving towards a new definition of professionalism for college leaders. Social Surveys and Social Statistics Research Group Working Paper. 2010.	View
Lowe J, Gayle V. Towards a new definition of professionalism for college leaders: a Scottish perspective. Management in Education. 2010;159-165.	View
Gayle V, McClung M. Exploring the care effects of multiple factors on the educational achievement of children looked after at home and away from home: an investigation of two Scottish local authorities. Child & Family Social Work. 2010;15(4):409-431.	View
Boyle P, Feng Z, Gayle V. A New Look at Family Migration and Women's Employment Status. Journal of Marriage and Family. 2009 May;71(2):417-431. doi: 10.1111/j.1741-3737.2009.00608.x	View
Gayle V, Lambert P, Davies RB. Logistic Regression Models in Sociological Research. University of Stirling: Technical Paper 2009-1 of Data Management through e-Social Science Research Node. 2009.	View
Lambert P, Gayle V. Data management and standardisation: A methodological comment on using results from the UK Research Assessment Exercise 2008. University of Stirling: Technical Paper 2009-1 of Data Management through e-Social Science Research Node. 2009.	View
Gayle V, Tan K, Lambert P, Turner KJ, Blum J, Jones S et al. Enabling Quantitative Data Analysis through e-Infrastructures. Social science computer review. 2009;27(4). doi: 10.1177/0894439309332647	View
Gayle V, Boyle P, Flowerdew R, Cullis A. Exploring the relationship between family migration and social stratification through the investigation of women's labour market experiences in contemporary Britain. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy. 2008;28(7/8):293-303. doi: 10.1108/01443330810890709	View
Gayle V, Alborz A, Turner S. Predictors of academic attainments of young people with Down’s syndrome. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research. 2008;52(5):380-392. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2007.01038.x	View
Gayle V, Playford C, Lambert P. Scottish social survey data, past present and future: Does Scotland need its own data strategy? Radical Statistics. 2008;82-97.	View
Lambert P, Tan L, Prandy K, Gayle V, Turner K, Bergman M. The importance of specificity in occupation-based social classification. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy. 2008;28(5/6):179-192. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/01443330810881231	View
Boyle P, Kulu H, Cooke T, Gayle V, Mulder CH. Moving and Union Dissolution. Demography. 2008;45(1):209-222. doi: 10.1353/dem.2008.0000	View
Gayle V, Playford C, Lambert PS. Scottish Social Survey Data, Past, Present and Future – Does Scotland Need its Own Data Strategy? Radical Statistics. 2008;97:82-97.	View
Gayle V, Lambert PS. Using Quasi-variance to Communicate Sociological Results from Statistical Models. Sociology. 2007;41(6):1191-1208. doi: 10.1177/0038038507084830	View
Gayle V, Lambert P, Tan L, Turner K, Sinnott R, Prandy K. Data Curation Standards and Social Science Occupational Information Resources. International Journal of Digital Curation. 2007;73-91. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.2218/ijdc.v2i1.15	View
Gayle V, Lowe J. Exploring the work/life study balance: the experience of higher education students in the Scottish Further Education College. Journal of Further and Higher Education. 2007;225-238. doi: 10.1080/03098770701424942	View
Gayle V, Tan L, Lambert P, Sinnott R, Turner K. GEODE - Sharing Occupational Data Through the Grid. 2006.	View
Boyle P, Kulu H, Cooke T, Gayle V, Mulder C. The Effects of Moving on Union Dissolution. Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research. 2006.	View
Gayle V, Berridge D, Davies RB. Econometric Analysis of the Demand for Higher Educations. Department for Education and Skills Research Series, 2003. 133 p.	View
Gayle V, Berridge D, Davies RB. Young People's Entry in Higher Education: Quantifying Influential Factors. Oxford Review of Education. 2002;28(1):5-20.	View
Gayle V. Modelling Tabular Data with an Ordered Outcome. Sociological Research Online. 1996;1(3).	View
Gayle V. The determinants of student loan take-up in the United Kingdom: another gaze. 1995.	View

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