Overview

The Data Analytics group carries out research in collection and analysis of statistical data, developing and applying state of the art methodologies. The focus is on regular interdisciplinary collaboration with researchers from other BRU-Iscte groups and from other research centres. Partnerships with companies and organisations often take place.

Facts and Numbers

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ABS4*/ABS4/ABS3 in 2018-2023
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JCR Q1/SJR Q1 in 2018-2023
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Active projects in 2018-2023

Main Areas of Research

  • Data Analysis

  • Multivariate Statistics

  • Statistical Modelling

  • Survey Methods

Main Achievements

  • A new multicollinearity diagnostic measure (the CVIF) that is now included in the MCTEST (2016) R package.

  • Management of the whole auditing sampling process in the SIPTA project (Portuguese Auditing software).

  • A dynamic stochastic model for the optimal timing of a treatment switch for use on patients with uncertain medical outcomes.

  • Contribution to the methodology of mobile market surveys, by introducing efficient contact strategies to increase response rate. This topic is quite novel and little research has been done on it.

  • Partnering with healthcare institutions (Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa and Ministry of Health) for the development and subsequent implementation of a patient classification system in hospitals, healthcare units and nursing homes, for more efficient financing purposes.

  • Involvement in the aQeduto project: evaluation, quality and equity in education – a joint initiative of the National Education Council and Francisco Manuel dos Santos Foundation. This project contributed to public debate in the field of education regarding the factors responsible for the positive results Portugal has achieved in PISA (Program for International Student Assessment) over the last fifteen years.

  • Organization of 23rd Congress of the Portuguese Statistical Society – SPE 2017.

Our Researchers

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Abdul Kadir Suleman
Integrated Researcher
Ana Isabel Vieira
Ana Sousa Ferreira
Associate Researcher
Catarina Marques
Integrated Researcher
Elizabeth Reis
Integrated Researcher
Felipa Sampayo
Associate Researcher
Graça Trindade

Mixture models for longitudinal data, Optimization Methods, Multivariate Data Analysis and Statistical Analysis

Jorge Sinval
Integrated Researcher
José Curto
Integrated Researcher
José G. Dias
Integrated Researcher
Margarida Cardoso
Associate Researcher
Maria da Conceição Figueiredo
Associate Researcher
Maria Fátima Salgueiro
Integrated Researcher
Maria Gabriela Silva
Associate Researcher
Maria Margarida Saraiva
Associate Researcher
Maria Teresa Calapez
Associate Researcher
Photo of Researcher Nuno Ferreira
Nuno Ferreira
Nuno Santos
Research Assistant
Patrícia Filipe
Associate Researcher
Paula Carvalho
Paula Vicente
Integrated Researcher
Pedro Ribeiro
Integrated Researcher
Photo of Researcher Raul Laureano
Raul Laureano
Integrated Researcher
Sónia Bentes
Associate Researcher
Tomás Alves
Integrated Researcher