Christine Bycroft
Christine Bycroft | |
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| Nationality | New Zealand |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Statistics Demography |
Christine Bycroft is a New Zealand statistician and demographer.[1]
Biography
[edit]Bycroft is a principal population statistician at Statistics New Zealand, for whom she has published an analysis comparing the costs and benefits of running a full census or alternatively using a system of administrative data registers modeled after similar systems in the Nordic countries.[2]
From 2005 to 2006, Bycroft took a year away from Statistics New Zealand to work for the U.K. Office for National Statistics.[3] She was promoted to Senior Research Statistician at Statistics New Zealand in 2008.[4]
Bycroft is an elected member of the International Statistical Institute[5] she was elected to the Institute in 2010.[6] She represents New Zealand and is one of three representatives for Oceania in the Committee on Women in Statistics of the International Statistical Institute.[7] She also served on the council of the International Association of Survey Statisticians from 2011 to 2015,[8] and on the council of the Population Association of New Zealand until 2014.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Christine Bycroft's research". Retrieved 2 August 2023.
- ^ Allison, Caleb (13 February 2013), "Does the census matter any more?", National Business Review
- ^ Penny, Richard (March 2006), "Statistics New Zealand", New Zealand Statistical Association Newsletter, 63, archived from the original on 8 February 2018, retrieved 26 November 2017,
Christine Bycroft is due to return soon after spending some time working for the Office of National Statistics in the UK.
- ^ Penny, Richard; Son, Olivia (September 2008), "Statistics New Zealand", New Zealand Statistical Association Newsletter, 68, archived from the original on 7 February 2018, retrieved 26 November 2017
- ^ Individual members, International Statistical Institute, archived from the original on 29 July 2017, retrieved 25 November 2017
- ^ Penny, Richard (October 2010), "Statistics New Zealand", New Zealand Statistical Association Newsletter, 72, archived from the original on 5 February 2018, retrieved 26 November 2017
- ^ "Country representatives", Committee on Women in Statistics, International Statistical Institute, retrieved 25 November 2017
- ^ President's letter (PDF), International Association of Survey Statisticians, January 2016, retrieved 26 November 2017
- ^ Butcher, Andrew (November 2014), "Note from the President" (PDF), Newsletter of the Population Association of New Zealand: 2