University of Stirling

Prof Vernon Gayle

Staff Profile-Prof Vernon Gayle
Prof Vernon Gayle Professor of Sociology, Applied Social Science Room 4S25
School of Applied Social Science
Colin Bell Building
University of Stirling
Stirling
FK9 4LA
Scotland
UK
01786467708
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Research
  • Sociology of youth (youth transitions, education), social divisions, stratification, methodology, statistical modelling, longitudinal data analysis.
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    Journal Papers
    • McClung, M. and Gayle, V. (2010) ‘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’, Children and Family Social Work, DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2206.2010.00688.x

    • Boyle, P., Feng, Z. and Gayle, V. (2009) ‘A New Look at Family Migration and Women’s Employment Status’, Journal of Marriage and Family, 71, pp. 417-431.


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    • Tan, K. L. L., Lambert, P. S., Turner, K. J., Blum, J., Gayle,V., Jones, S.B., Sinnott, R.O., and Warner, G. (2009) ‘Enabling Quantitative Data Analysis through e-Infrastructures’, Social Science Computing Review, 27(4).


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    • Turner, S., Alborz, A. and Gayle, V. (2008) ‘Predictors of depressive symptoms among young people with Down's syndrome’, Journal of Intellectual Disability Research


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    • Boyle, P., Kulu, H., Cooke, T., Gayle, V. and Mulder, C. (2008) ‘The Effects of Moving on Union Dissolution’, Demography, 45, pp 209- 222.


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    • Gayle, V., Playford, C. and Lambert P. (2008) ‘Scottish social survey data, past present and future – Does Scotland need its own data strategy?’, Radical Statistics, 97, pp. 82-97.


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    • Lambert, P., Tan, L., Prandy, K., Gayle, V., Turner, K. and Bergman, M. (2008) ‘The importance of specificity in occupation-based social classification’, International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy (Special Issue), 28 (5/6), pp. 179-192.


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    • Gayle, V., Boyle, P., Flowerdew, R. and Cullis, A. (2008) ‘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 (Special Issue), 28 (7/8), pp. 293-303.


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    • Lowe, J. and Gayle, V. (2007) ‘Exploring the work/life/study balance: the experience of higher education students in a Scottish Further Education College’, Journal of Further and Higher Education, 31(3), pp.225 - 238.

    • Gayle, V. and Lambert, P. (2007) “Using Quasi-variance to Communicate Sociological Results from Statistical Models”, Sociology, 41, pp.1191-1207


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    • Lambert, P., Gayle, V., Tan, L., Turner, K. Sinnott, R. and Prandy, K. (2007)
      ‘Data Curation Standards and Social Science Occupational Information Resources’, International Journal of Digital Curation.


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    • Boyle, P., Kulu, H., Cooke, T., Gayle, V. and Mulder, C. (2006) “The Effect of Moving on Union Dissolution”, MPIDR Working Paper, WP 2006-002.


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    • Pollo, S., Vitale, A., Gayle, V. and Zucco, F. (2004) ‘The ‘3Rs’ Model and the Concept of Alternatives in Animal Research: A Questionnaire Survey’, Lab Animal Europe, 4, pp. 43-51.

    • Gayle, V., Berridge, D. and Davies, R.B. (2002) ‘Young People’s Entry To Higher Education: Quantifying Influential Factors’, Oxford Review of Education, 28(1), pp.5-20.

    • Gayle, V., Berridge, D. and Davies, R.B. (2000) ‘Young People’s Routes To Higher Education: Exploring Social Processes With Longitudinal Data’, Higher Education Review, 33(1), pp.47-64.

    • Gayle, V. (1998) ‘Structural And Cultural Approaches To Youth: Structuration Theory And Bridging The Gap’, Youth & Policy, 61, pp.59-72.

    • Gayle, V. (1997) ‘Developing Internet Based Teaching and Learning Resources for Social Sciences: A CSCW approach’, IASSIST Quarterly Journal, 21(1), pp.15-21.

    • Gayle, V. (1996) ‘Modelling Tabular Data with an Ordered Outcome’, Sociological Research Online, 1996, 1(3).


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    • Gayle, V. (1996) ‘The determinants of student loan take-up in the United Kingdom: Another gaze’, Applied Economics Letters, 3, pp. 25-27.


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    Book Chapters
    • Feijten, P., Boyle, P., Feng, Z., Gayle, V. and Graham, E. (2009) ‘Stepparenting and Mental Health’ in Stillwell, J., Coast E. and Kneale, D. (eds) Fertility, Living Arrangements, Care and Mobility, London, Springer. pp. 151-170.

    • Boyle, P.J., Cooke T.J., Gayle, V. and Mulder, C.H. (2009) ‘The effect of family migration on union dissolution in Britain’, in Stalford, H., Currie, S. and Velluti, S. (eds) Gender and Migration in 21st Century Europe, Aldershot, Ashgate. pp. 11-26.

    • Gayle, V., Lambert, P. and Murray, S. (2009) ‘School-to-Work in the 1990s: Modelling Transitions with large-scale datasets’, in Brooks, R. (ed) Transitions from Education to Work, London, Palgrave Macmillan. Pp. 17-41.

    • Turner, K., Lambert, P., Tan, K.L., Gayle, V., Sinnott, R., Prandy, K. Bihagen, E. and van Leeuwen, M. (2007) ‘Grid Computing for Social Science’, in Putnik, G. and Cunha, M. (eds) Encyclopaedia of Networked and Virtual Organizations, Portugal, Idea Group Inc., pp. 643-651.

    • Tan, L., Gayle, V., Lambert, P., Sinnott, R. and Turner, K. (2006) ‘GEODE – Sharing Occupational Data Through The Grid’, in Cox, S. (ed) Proceedings of 5th UK e-Science All Hands Meeting, Edinburgh, National e-Science Centre.

    • Gayle, V. (2005) ‘Youth transitions’, in Ermisch, J. and Wright, R.E. (2005)  Changing Scotland – Evidence for the British Household Panel Survey, Policy Press.

    • Gayle, V., Jack, G. and Wright, R.E. (2005) ‘Trends in absolute poverty’ in Ermisch, J. and Wright, R.E. (2005)  Changing Scotland – Evidence for the British Household Panel Survey, Policy Press.

    • Bourque, N., Gayle, V. and Wright, R.E. (2005) ‘Decline of religion’, in Ermisch, J. and Wright, R.E. (2005)  Changing Scotland – Evidence for the British Household Panel Survey, Policy Press.

    • Gayle, V. (2000) ‘Quantitative Data Analysis’ Part VII in Burton, D. Research Training For Social Scientists, Sage, pp.361-419.

    • Gayle, V. (1998) ‘Anoraks and Techies: A call for the incorporation of non-technical knowledge in technological developments in social sciences teaching and learning environments’, in Henry, M. Using Technology Effectively in the Social Sciences, Taylor and Francis, pp.103-13.


    Research Reports
    • Gayle, V., Lambert, P. and Davies, R.B. (2009) ‘Logistic Regression Models in Sociological Research’, University of Stirling: Technical Paper 2009-1 of the Data Management through e-Social Science Research Node (www.dames.org.uk).


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    • Lambert, P. and Gayle, V. (2009) ‘Data management and standardisation: A methodological comment on using results from the UK Research Assessment Exercise 2008’, University of Stirling: Technical Paper 2008-3 of the Data Management through e-Social Science Research Node (www.dames.org.uk).


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    • Martin, J., Bynner, J., Kalton, G., Boyle, P., Goldstein, H., Gayle, V., Parsons, S. and Piesse, A. (2006) Strategic Review of Panel and Cohort Studies - Report to the ESRC.


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    • Gayle, V. and Lambert, P. (2006) ‘Using Quasi-variance to Communicate Sociological Results from Statistical Models’, Working Paper 3 – Longitudinal Data Analysis for Social Science Researchers, http://www.longitudinal.stir.ac.uk/wp/lda_2006_3.pdf

    • Gayle, V., Berridge, D. and Davies, R.B. (2003) ‘Econometric Analysis of the Demand for Higher Educations’, RR472, Department for Education and Skills Research Series.


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    • McIvor, G., Jamieson, J., Gayle, V., Moodie, K. and Netten, A. (2000) ‘Evaluation Of The Airborne Initiative (Scotland)’, Scottish Executive Central Research Unit.


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