Angela Dale (born 1945) is a British

social scientist Social science is one of the branches of science, devoted to the study of societies and the relationships among individuals within those societies. The term was formerly used to refer to the field of sociology, the original "science of socie ...

and

statistician A statistician is a person who works with theoretical or applied statistics. The profession exists in both the private and public sectors. It is common to combine statistical knowledge with expertise in other subjects, and statisticians may wor ...

whose research has involved the secondary analysis of government survey data, and the study of

women in the workforce Since the industrial revolution, participation of women in the workforce outside the home has increased in industrialized nations, with particularly large growth seen in the 20th century. Largely seen as a boon for industrial society, women in ...

. Formerly Deputy Director of the Social Statistics Research Unit of

City, University of London City, University of London, is a public research university in London, United Kingdom, and a member institution of the federal University of London. It was founded in 1894 as the Northampton Institute, and became a university when The City Univ ...

, and Professor of Quantitative Research and Director of the Cathie Marsh Centre for Census and Survey Research at the

University of Manchester , mottoeng = Knowledge, Wisdom, Humanity , established = 2004 – University of Manchester Predecessor institutions: 1956 – UMIST (as university college; university 1994) 1904 – Victoria University of Manchester 1880 – Victoria Univer ...

, she is now a

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at Manchester.

Selected publications

Dale is an author of the books; *''Doing Secondary Analysis: A Practical Guide'' (with

Sara Arber Sara Lynne Arber (born 19 March 1949) is a British sociologist and Professor at University of Surrey. Arber has previously held the position of President of the British Sociological Association (1999–2001) and Vice-President of the Europe ...

and Michael Proctor, Unwin Hyman, 1988) *''Analyzing Census Microdata'' (with Ed Fieldhouse and Claire Holdsworth, Edward Arnold, 2000) She is an editor of *''The 1991 Census User's Guide'' (edited with Cathie Marsh, HMSO 1993) *''Analysing Social and Political Change: A Casebook of Methods'' (with Richard B. Davies, Sage, 1994) *''The Gender Dimension of Social Change: The Contribution of Dynamic Research to the Study of Women's Life Courses'' (with Elisabetta Ruspini, Policy Press, 2002) *''Understanding Social Research: Thinking Creatively about Method'' (with Jennifer Mason, Sage, 2011) She has also published highly cited journal papers on

including * * * * *

Recognition

Dale is a

Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences The Fellowship of the Academy of Social Sciences (FAcSS) is an award granted by the Academy of Social Sciences to leading academics, policy-makers, and practitioners of the social sciences. Fellows were previously known as Academicians and used th ...

. She was named to the

Order of the British Empire The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established ...

in the

2006 New Year Honours The New Year Honours 2006 in some Commonwealth realms were announced (on 31 December 2005) in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Grenada, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Belize, and Saint Christopher and Nevis to cel ...

"for services to social science". In 2006, Dale won the West Medal of the

Royal Statistical Society The Royal Statistical Society (RSS) is an established statistical society. It has three main roles: a British learned society for statistics, a professional body for statisticians and a charity which promotes statistics for the public good. ...

, given "for outstanding contributions to the development or communication of official statistics".

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dale, Angela 1945 births Living people British statisticians Women statisticians Academics of City, University of London Academics of the University of Manchester Officers of the Order of the British Empire Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences