Albert Varela
@albertvarela.bsky.social
Lecturer in Quantitative Methods - School of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Leeds.
Interested in measurement and analysis of job quality, poverty and social mobility.
“Little boxes” and “Coat of many colors”
November 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
“Little boxes” and “Coat of many colors”
Reposted by Albert Varela
The electoral outcome most strongly linked to deprivation is not any party’s vote share, but turnout. Across almost all indicators, turnout is markedly lower in more deprived areas, with only barriers to housing & services and quality in the living environment showing weaker correlations.
November 3, 2025 at 8:41 AM
The electoral outcome most strongly linked to deprivation is not any party’s vote share, but turnout. Across almost all indicators, turnout is markedly lower in more deprived areas, with only barriers to housing & services and quality in the living environment showing weaker correlations.
Not recent, but may be of interest onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
Two societies, one sociology, and no theory
This article shows the declining effectiveness of the sociological classics to make sense of the dramatically changing economy and society. However, the various ‘post-something’ analyses of such tran...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Not recent, but may be of interest onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
Reposted by Albert Varela
The outsourcing boom of the Major-Blair years saved money in the short run but left the state without the capacity to do anything but buy in services from canny private providers who have us over a barrel and are raking it in
July 23, 2025 at 7:27 AM
The outsourcing boom of the Major-Blair years saved money in the short run but left the state without the capacity to do anything but buy in services from canny private providers who have us over a barrel and are raking it in
Reposted by Albert Varela
I know it's getting boring when I keep posting easystats-stuff, but here's an example (vignette) how to "tweak" mixed models (demeaning) to get unbiased estimates: easystats.github.io/parameters/a...
I wouldn't call it "tweaking mixed models", because FE do the same. It rather about data...
I wouldn't call it "tweaking mixed models", because FE do the same. It rather about data...
Analysing Longitudinal or Panel Data
easystats.github.io
May 6, 2025 at 3:49 PM
I know it's getting boring when I keep posting easystats-stuff, but here's an example (vignette) how to "tweak" mixed models (demeaning) to get unbiased estimates: easystats.github.io/parameters/a...
I wouldn't call it "tweaking mixed models", because FE do the same. It rather about data...
I wouldn't call it "tweaking mixed models", because FE do the same. It rather about data...