Vernon Gayle
Job Title
Chair of Sociology and Social Statistics
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Email
vernon.gayle@ed.ac.uk
Telephone
+44 (0)131 6504069
Room number
3.08Street (Address)
18 Buccleuch PlaceCity (Address)
EdinburghCountry (Address)
UKPost code (Address)
EH8 9LNResearch interests
Research themes
Research interests
Social Stratification, Social statistics, Sociology of youth, Sociology of Education, Migration studies, Fertility, Sociology of Sport, Large and complex datasets, Social surveys, Administrative Data
Background
My Edinburgh Explore page can be accessed using this short URL
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Stopforth S, Connelly R, Gayle V. Do you like school? Social class, gender, ethnicity and pupils' educational enjoyment. British Journal of Sociology. 2024 Sept;75(4):535-553. Epub 2024 May 23. doi: 10.1111/1468-4446.13113 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 Publications. 2020 Epub 2020 Sept 23. doi: 10.4135/9781526421036926480 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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). |
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Ralston K, Gayle V. Exploring 'generations and cultures of worklessness' in contemporary Britain. Youth & Policy. 2017 Oct 12. |
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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 |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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). |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 ). |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 ). |
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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 ). |
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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 |
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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. |
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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. |
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Gayle V, McClung M. Social Capital and Children in Care. 2014, p. 1-6. |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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Murray S, Gayle V. Youth Transitions: Survey Question Bank: Topic Overview 8. Survey Resources Network, 2012. |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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Connelly R, Gayle V, Lambert PS, Blackburn R. Social Stratification: Trends and Processes. Ashgate Publishing, 2012. |
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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. |
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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. |
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Lowe J, Gayle V. Towards a new definition of professionalism for college leaders: a Scottish perspective. Management in Education. 2010;159-165. |
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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. |
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Lowe J, Gayle V. Moving towards a new definition of professionalism for college leaders. Social Surveys and Social Statistics Research Group Working Paper. 2010. |
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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 |
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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. |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Gayle V, Lambert PS. Using Quasi-variance to Communicate Sociological Results from Statistical Models. Sociology. 2007;41(6):1191-1208. doi: 10.1177/0038038507084830 |
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Gayle V, Tan L, Lambert P, Sinnott R, Turner K. GEODE - Sharing Occupational Data Through the Grid. 2006. |
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Boyle P, Kulu H, Cooke T, Gayle V, Mulder C. The Effects of Moving on Union Dissolution. Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research. 2006. |
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Gayle V, Berridge D, Davies RB. Econometric Analysis of the Demand for Higher Educations. Department for Education and Skills Research Series, 2003. 133 p. |
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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. |
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Gayle V. Modelling Tabular Data with an Ordered Outcome. Sociological Research Online. 1996;1(3). |
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Gayle V. The determinants of student loan take-up in the United Kingdom: another gaze. 1995. |
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