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Professor Brian Francis

Professor of Social Statistics

  1. 1997
  2. Published

    Sexual reconvictions and the Sex Offenders Act 1997 part 1

    Soothill, K. L. & Francis, B. J., 1997, In: New Law Journal. 147, 6806, p. 1285-1286 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  3. Published

    Sexual reconvictions and the Sex Offenders Act 1997 part 2

    Soothill, K. & Francis, B., 1997, In: New Law Journal. 147, 6807, p. 1324-1325 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  4. Published

    The odds in favour of the genitive: a study of gradience in English

    Leech, G., Francis, B. & Xu, X., 1997, The Locus of meaning: papers in honour of Yoshihiko Ikeganu. Yamanaka, K. & Ohori, T. (eds.). Tokyo: Kuroshi

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)

  5. Published

    The use of visualisation in the examination of work and life histories

    Francis, B., 1997, Visualization and modelling. Earnshaw, R., Vince, J. & Jones, H. (eds.). New York: Academic Press

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)

  6. Published

    The value of finding employment for white-collar ex-offenders: a twenty-year criminological follow-up.

    Soothill, K. L., Francis, B. J. & Ackerley, E., 1997, In: British Journal of Criminology. 37, 4, p. 582-592 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  7. 1996
  8. Published

    A strong case for sharing conviction.

    Soothill, K. L., Ackerley, E. & Francis, B. J., 1996, In: People Management. 2, 13, p. 36-38 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  9. Published

    Gassing during the growth of bacteriological infection.

    Whittaker, J. C., Francis, B. J. & Whittaker, J., 1996, In: Student. 1, 3, p. 211-214 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  10. Published

    NHS nursing: vocation, career or just a job? An application of latent class analysis.

    Francis, B., Peelo, M. & Soothill, K., 1996, Themes and Perspectives in Nursing. Soothill, K., Hendry, C. & Kendrick, K. (eds.). 2nd ed. ed. London: Chapman and Hall, p. 56-75

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)

  11. Published

    Visualisation of event histories.

    Francis, B. J. & Fuller, M., 1996, In: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A Statistics in Society. 159, 2, p. 301-308 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  12. 1995
  13. Published

    Non-parametric hazard versus non-parametric frailty distribution in modelling recurrence of breast-cancer.

    dos Santos, D. M., Davies, R. B. & Francis, B. J., 1/10/1995, In: Journal of Statistical Planning and Inference. 47, 1-2, p. 111-127 17 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  14. Published

    Downs-Syndrome - prevalence and ionizing-radiation in an area of north-west England, 1957-1991.

    Bound, J. P., Francis, B. J. & Harvey, P. W., 04/1995, In: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 49, 2, p. 164-170 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  15. Published

    Fitting bilinear models in GLIM.

    de Falguerolles, A. & Francis, B. J., 1995, In: GLIM Newsletter. 25, p. 9-20 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  16. Published

    Fitting overdispersed generalized linear models by non-parametric maximum likelihood.

    Aitkin, M. & Francis, B. J., 1995, In: GLIM Newsletter. 25, p. 37-45 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  17. Published

    Statistical modelling: Proceedings of the 10th International Workshop on Statistical Modelling. Innsbruck, Austria, 10-14 July, 1995

    Seeber, G. (ed.), Francis, B. (ed.), Hatzinger, R. (ed.) & Steckel-Berger, G. (ed.), 1995, Berlin: Springer Verlag. 344 p. (Lecture Notes in Statistics; vol. 104)

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsAnthology

  18. 1994
  19. Published

    Algorithmic approaches to fitting bilinear models for two-way contingency tables.

    de Falguerolles, A. & Francis, B., 1994, New Approaches in Classification and Data Analysis: Studies in Classification, Data Analysis, and Knowledge Organization. Diday, E., Lechevallier, Y., Schader, M., Bertrand, P. & Burtschy, B. (eds.). Berlin: Springer Verlag, p. 518-524 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)

  20. Published

    Fitting power models to two-way contingency tables.

    de Falguerolles, A. & Francis, B., 1994, Compstat 1994: Proceedings in Computational Statistics: 11th Symposium held in Vienna, Austria, 1994. Dutter, R. & Grossman, W. (eds.). Heidelberg: Physica Verlag, p. 470-475 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)

  21. Published

    Software for routine record linkage in public health.

    Stott, D., Francis, B. & Wain, R., 1994, Current Perspectives in Healthcare Computing 1994: Conference proceedings.. Weybridge: British Journal of Healthcare Computing, p. 681-686

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)

  22. Published

    The standard spending assessment as a measure of spending needs in a non-metropolitan district.

    Flowerdew, R., Francis, B. J. & Lucas, S., 1994, In: Environment and Planning C: Government and Policy. 12, 1, p. 1-13 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  23. Published

    The use of computer corpora in the textual demonstrability of gradience in linguistic categories.

    Leech, G., Francis, B. & Xu, X., 1994, Continuity in Linguistic Semantics. Fuchs, C. & Victorri, B. (eds.). John Benjamins Publishing Company, p. 57-76 20 p. (Lingvisticæ Investigationes Supplementa; vol. 19).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)

  24. Published

    Towards a phenomenology of skill.

    Penn, R. & Francis, B., 1994, Skill and occupational change. Penn, R., Rose, M. & Rubery, J. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 223-243 21 p. (Social change and economic life initiative).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter

  25. 1993
  26. Published

    Generalised additive models in GLIM4.

    Stasinopoulos, D. M. & Francis, B. J., 1993, In: GLIM Newsletter. 22, p. 30-36 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  27. Published

    Geographic influences on the uptake of infant immunisations: 1: concepts, models and aggregate analyses.

    Senior, M. L., New, S. J., Gatrell, T. & Francis, B. J., 1993, In: Environment and Planning A. 25, 3, p. 425-436 12 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  28. Published

    Geographic influences on the uptake of infant immunisations: 2: disaggregate analyses.

    Senior, M. L., New, S. J., Gatrell, T. & Francis, B. J., 1993, In: Environment and Planning A. 25, 4, p. 467-479 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  29. Published

    Statistical modelling of university conditional offer requirements.

    Francis, B. J., Barry, J. & Fulton, O., 1993, In: Studies in Higher Education. 18, 1, p. 27-42 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  30. Published

    The GLIM System: Release 4 Manual

    Francis, B., Green, M. & Payne, C., 1993, Oxford: Clarendon Press. 840 p.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  31. Published

    The research performance of UK universities: a statistical analysis of the results of the 1989 research Selectivity Exercise

    Johnes, J., Taylor, J. & Francis, B., 1993, In: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series A Statistics in Society. 156, 2, p. 271-286 16 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  32. 1992
  33. Published

    Fitting the Multinomial model with continuous covariates in GLIM.

    Aitkin, M. & Francis, B., 06/1992, In: Computational Statistics and Data Analysis. 14, 1, p. 89-97 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  34. Published

    Advances in GLIM and Statistical Modelling: Proceedings of the GLIM92 Conference and the 7th International Workshop on Statistical Modelling

    Fahrmeir, L., Francis, B., Gilchrist, R. & Tutz, G., 1992, Berlin: Springer Verlag. 225 p. (Lecture Notes in Statistics; vol. 78)

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  35. Published

    Algorithmic approaches for fitting bilinear models.

    de Falguerolles, A. & Francis, B., 1992, Computational Statistics Vol. 1: COMPSTAT Proceedings of the 10th Symposium on Computational Statistics, Neuchatel, Switzerland, August 199. Dodge, Y. & Whittaker, J. (eds.). Heidelberg: Physica Verlag

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)

  36. Published

    Medical applications in GLIM4

    Swan, T. & Francis, B., 1992, Advances in GLIM and Statistical Modelling.. Fahrmeir, L., Francis, B., Gilchrist, R. & Tutz, G. (eds.). Berlin: Springer Verlag

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)

  37. Published

    Model fitting applications in GLIM4

    Francis, B., Green, M. & Clarke, M., 1992, Advances in GLIM and Statistical Modelling. Fahrmeir, L., Francis, B., Gilchrist, R. & Tutz, G. (eds.). Berlin: Springer Verlag

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)

  38. Published

    Statistical modelling: a selection of papers from the 6. International Workshop on Statistical Modelling, Utrecht, the Netherlands, 15-19 July, 1991

    Van Der Heijden, P., Jansen, W., Francis, B. & Seeber, G., 1992, Amsterdam: Elsevier. 354 p.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  39. 1991
  40. Published

    Neural tube defects, maternal cohorts and age: a pointer to etiology.

    Bound, J. P., Francis, B. & Harvey, P. W., 10/1991, In: Archives of Disease in Childhood. 66, 10, p. 1223–1226 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  41. Published

    Factors influencing herbivory by insects on oak trees in pure stands and paired mixtures.

    Moore, R. & Francis, B., 04/1991, In: Journal of Applied Ecology. 28, 1, p. 305-317 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  42. Published

    Effects of over-winter fumigation with sulfur and nitrogen dioxides on biochemical parameters and spring growth in red spruce

    Wolfenden, J., Pearson, M. & Francis, B., 01/1991, In: Plant, Cell and Environment. 14, 1, p. 35-45 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  43. Published

    A remark on algorithm AS121 - The Trigamma Function,

    Francis, B., 1991, In: Journal of the Royal Statistical Society: Series C (Applied Statistics). 40, 3, p. 514-515 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  44. Published

    NHS nursing: Vocation, career or just a job? An application of latent class analysis.

    Francis, B., Peelo, M. & Soothill, K., 1991, Themes and Perspectives in Nursing. Soothill, K., Hendry, C. & Kendrick, K. (eds.). London: Chapman and Hall, p. 56-75 20 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)

  45. Published

    Progress towards the early diagnosis of forest decline.

    Wolfenden, J., Cape, J. N., Francis, B., Melhorn, H. & Wellburn, A., 1991, Acid Depositions in Europe: Environmental Effects, Strategies and Policy Options. Chadwick, M. J. & Hutton, M. (eds.). Stockholm: Stockholm Environment Institute, p. 59-79 21 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)

  46. 1990
  47. Published

    GLIM4 - developments in model fitting

    Francis, B., Green, M. & Bradley, M., 1990, COMPSTAT90: Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Computational Statistics. Momirovic, K. & Mildner, V. (eds.). Heidelberg: Physica Verlag, p. 323-326 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)

  48. Published

    Graphical representation of work histories

    Francis, B., Barry, J. & Walby, S., 1990, In: Quaderni di Statistica e Matematica Applicata alle scienze Economico-Sociali. 12, 1, p. 66-74 9 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  49. Published

    Software for logistic-normal mixture models

    Francis, B. & Barry, J., 1990, COMPSTAT90: Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium on Computational Statistics. Momirovic, K. & Mildner, V. (eds.). Heidelberg: Physica Verlag, p. 39-40 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)

  50. 1989
  51. Published

    Nursing the statistics: a demonstration study of nurse turnover and retention

    Barry, J., Soothill, K. & Francis, B., 07/1989, In: Journal of Advanced Nursing. 14, 7, p. 528-535 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  52. Published

    GLIM4: structure and development

    Francis, B., Green, M. & Bradley, M., 1989, Statistical Modelling: Proceedings of GLIM 89 and the 4th International Workshop on Statistical Modelling. Decarli, A., Francis, B., Gilchrist, R. & Seeber, G. (eds.). Berlin: Springer-Verlag, (Lecture Notes in Statistics; vol. 57).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)

  53. Published

    SABRE 2.0: software for the analysis of binary recurrent events.

    Barry, J., Francis, B. & Davies, R., 1989, Statistical modelling: proceedings of GLIM 89 and the 4th International Workshop on Statistical Modelling. Decarli, A., Francis, B., Gilchrist, R. & Seeber, G. (eds.). Berlin: Springer-Verlag, (Lecture Notes in Statistics; vol. 57).

    Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSNChapter (peer-reviewed)

  54. Published

    Seasonal prevalence of major congenital malformations in the Fylde of Lancaster 1957-1981

    Bound, J. P., Harvey, P. W. & Francis, B., 1989, In: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 43, 4, p. 330-342 13 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  55. Published

    Statistical modelling: proceedings of GLIM 89 and the 4th Internat. Workshop on Statist. Modelling held in Trento, Italy, July 17-21, 1989

    Francis, B., Decarli, A., Gilchrist, R. & Seeber, G., 1989, Berlin: Springer Verlag. 343 p. (Lecture Notes in Statistics; vol. 57)

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

  56. 1988
  57. Published

    Prediction of the probability of forest decline damage to Norway spruce using three simple site-independent diagnostic parameters

    Mehlhorn, H., Francis, B. & Wellburn, A., 12/1988, In: New Phytologist. 110, 4, p. 525-534 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  58. Published

    Use of carotenoid ratios, ethylene emissions and buffer capacities for the early diagnosis of forest decline.

    Wolfenden, J., Robinson, D. C., Cape, J. N., Paterson, I. S., Francis, B., Mehlhorn, H. & Wellburn, A., 05/1988, In: New Phytologist. 109, 1, p. 85-95 11 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  59. Published

    Growth responses and delayed winter hardening in Sitka Spruce following summer exposure to ozone.

    Lucas, P., Cottam, D. A., Sheppard, L. J. & Francis, B., 04/1988, In: New Phytologist. 108, 4, p. 495-504 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to Journal/MagazineJournal articlepeer-review

  60. Published

    Statistical Modelling in GLIM

    Aitkin, M., Anderson, D., Francis, B. & Hinde, J., 1988, Oxford: Clarendon Press. 374 p.

    Research output: Book/Report/ProceedingsBook

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