Paul Redford's Outputs (21)

Challenges for police leadership: Identity, experience, legitimacy and direct entry (2018)
Journal Article

© 2018, The Author(s). The police service in England and Wales has developed a new approach to police leadership where individuals from outside of the police service can now enter directly to leadership ranks. Previous research identified that office... Read More about Challenges for police leadership: Identity, experience, legitimacy and direct entry.

Internet-delivered cognitive behavior therapy for anxiety and insomnia in a higher education context (2015)
Journal Article

© 2015 Taylor & Francis. Background and Objectives: Anxiety and insomnia can be treated with internet-delivered Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (iCBT). iCBT may be well-suited to students who are known to be poor help-seekers and suffer these symptoms... Read More about Internet-delivered cognitive behavior therapy for anxiety and insomnia in a higher education context.

How to use t-tests to explore pre-post change (2014)
Book Chapter

Challenge and change: Police identity, morale and goodwill in an age of austerity (2014)
Report

One of the largest pieces of independent research on police attitudes in England and Wales. The research, led by Dr James Hoggett from UWE Bristol (the University of the West of England, Bristol), looked at police attitudes to current reform proposal... Read More about Challenge and change: Police identity, morale and goodwill in an age of austerity.

Police identity in a time of rapid organizational, social and political change: A pilot report, Avon and Somerset constabulary (2013)
Report

Writing essays: Does self-efficacy matter? The relationship between self-efficacy in reading and in writing and undergraduate students' performance in essay writing (2012)
Journal Article

Self-efficacy beliefs have been identified as associated with students' academic performance. The present research assessed the relationship between two new self-efficacy scales (self-efficacy in reading [SER] and self-efficacy in writing [SEW]) and... Read More about Writing essays: Does self-efficacy matter? The relationship between self-efficacy in reading and in writing and undergraduate students' performance in essay writing.

The interplay between motivation, self-efficacy, and approaches to studying (2010)
Journal Article

Background. The strategies students adopt in their study are influenced by a number of social-cognitive factors and impact upon their academic performance. Aims. The present study examined the interrelationships between motivation orientation (intrin... Read More about The interplay between motivation, self-efficacy, and approaches to studying.

Wiltshire probation evaluation, interim report-analysis and issues arising from the first phase of the evaluation (2010)
Report

Individualism-collectivism as descriptive norms: Development of a subjective norm approach to culture measurement (2009)
Journal Article

The development and validation of a new instrument for measuring the descriptive norms related to individualism-collectivism (IC) is presented. IC is conceptualized as a group- specific unidimensional cultural construct with four defining attributes... Read More about Individualism-collectivism as descriptive norms: Development of a subjective norm approach to culture measurement.

Book review: Emotions: A social science reader (edited by Monica Greco & Paul Stenner) (2009)
Journal Article

Organizational behaviour across cultures: Theoretical and methodological issues for developing multi-level frameworks involving culture (2005)
Journal Article

The present article has two objectives. First, general issues for developing and testing cross cultural multi-level models such as variable identification, measurement, sampling and data analysis are discussed. A second aim is to illustrate some of t... Read More about Organizational behaviour across cultures: Theoretical and methodological issues for developing multi-level frameworks involving culture.

Physical comfort in our homes: An architectural perspective
Presentation / Conference Contribution

The current paper investigates the relationship between the physical comfort in homes (warmth, light, and ventilation) and inhabitants' psychological well-being. In particular, the paper looks at users' perception of home, and the role of satisfactio... Read More about Physical comfort in our homes: An architectural perspective.

Climate for innovation: A tale of two countries
Presentation / Conference Contribution

Cohen’s d for two independent samples
Other

An exposition of standardized effect for two independent samples (under an assumption of normality) is given along with an insight into interpretation and reporting

That assumption of normality
Other

Many statistical tests are based around an assumption of “normality”. The reasoning for this choice of distribution, whether to test, what to test, and how to test for normality is covered along with practical recommendations.

A reverse look at p-values
Other

An overview of p-values is given. The usual way of being introduced to p-values is by considering the rigorous development of statistical tests, then their use for decision making. This note takes a reverse view by firstly considering their use in... Read More about A reverse look at p-values.

A primer on statistical hypotheses and statistical errors
Other

An abstract overview of some of the logic and statistical considerations in quantitative inference is given

An example motivated discourse of the paired samples t-test
Other

An application of the paired samples t-test is used to discuss the logic underpinning the test and to consider what may be legitimately inferred.

An example motivated discourse of the chi-squared test of association (2 by 2)
Other

An example application of the chi-square test of association is given through a set of questions and answers. The emphasis is on methodological aspects and what can be legitimately inferred, if anything. It is strongly highlighted that statistical... Read More about An example motivated discourse of the chi-squared test of association (2 by 2).

A primer on validity and design terminology in comparative designs
Other

An overview of terminology (independent and dependent designs, dependent and independent variables) and validity (internal, external, and measurement) is given using six different scenarios. For simplicity of exposition, all examples have factors at... Read More about A primer on validity and design terminology in comparative designs.

An example motivated discourse of the independent samples t-test and the Welch test
Other

Analyses are given for two example scenarios. Both scenarios comprise two independent samples. One scenario is analysed using the independent samples t-test; the other the Welch test. Commentary on the designs and limitations is given through a qu... Read More about An example motivated discourse of the independent samples t-test and the Welch test.