Andy Field (born 21 June 1973) is an English academic currently serving as Professor of

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at the

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. Field is noted as the author of several textbooks about statistics, which typically deal with software application of statistical theory in

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and the R programming language. His books are characterised by an irreverent, sometimes outrageous, writing style that is atypical of academic texts. His student-friendly approach to writing led to

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dubbing him 'the Harry Potter of the social sciences'.

Personal life

In his books, Field typically cites the music that he listened to while writing. The bands cited are predominantly in the genres of

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, and Heavy metal music. He lists his musical heroes as Dave Murray of

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and

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and

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of Opeth. From 1989 until 1996 Field played guitar and sang in the heavy metal band ''Scansion'' and in a 2014 article he discusses playing the drums in a band called Fracture Pattern. His books make frequent references to his pets. He is married with two sons, and lives in Brighton.

Professional life

Field obtained a

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(BSc) in

Psychology Psychology is the scientific study of mind and behavior. Psychology includes the study of conscious and unconscious phenomena, including feelings and thoughts. It is an academic discipline of immense scope, crossing the boundaries between ...

in 1994 from

City University 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 a

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(DPhil) from

in 1997. Field has received different honours from the British Psychological Society: their ''Teaching Award'' in 2005 which recognises unusually significant contributions to education and training in psychology within the UK. And in 2007 the ''Book Award'' for the second edition of his book ''Discovering Statistics Using IBM SPSS Statistics: and Sex and Drugs and Rock 'N' Roll''. In 2010 he received a

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for individual excellence in teaching. He became Fellow of the

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(FHEA) in 2009 and Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in 2010. His current field of research lies in

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and mathematics attainment. In 2016 Field published ''An Adventure In Statistics: The Reality Enigma'', which is described as a textbook embedded within a novel. The book also contains graphic novel elements. The book was a finalist for The Association of Learned & Professional Society Publishers Award for Innovation in Publishing, the British Book Design and Production Awards (Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Education category) and the British Psychological Society book award.

Books

*''Discovering Statistics Using IBM SPSS Statistics: and Sex and Drugs and Rock 'N' Roll''. (5th edition) Sage Publications, 2017. *An Adventure in Statistics: The Reality Enigma. Sage Publications, 2016. * ''Discovering Statistics Using R: and Sex and Drugs and Rock 'N' Roll''. Sage Publications, 2012. * ''How to Design and Report Experiments''. (1st edition) Sage Publications, 2003. *''Clinical Psychology''. Learning Matters, 2003.

References

External links

Discovering Statistics
– Private Homepage (Statistics resources)

– Private Homepage (Statistics resources)
Professor Andy Field
– Website at University of Sussex
Andy Field
– YouTube Channel
Google scholar page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Field, Andy 1973 births Living people British psychologists Academics of the University of Sussex Alumni of City, University of London Alumni of the University of Sussex Place of birth missing (living people)