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RD Baker

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Name:

RD Baker

Email:

R.D.Baker@salford.ac.uk

Department:

Business School

Organisation:

University of Salford

Country:

Homepage:

http://www.business.salford.ac.uk/staff/rosebaker

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Biography

Expertise:

Applied Statistics, Computer programming, Jams and Jellies :)

Job title:

Professor of Statistics

Biography:

1972-1973: Lecturer in Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Powai, Bombay 1973-1977: Research Associate, Rutherford High Energy Laboratory, Chilton, Didcot,Berks 1977-1980: Computing Officer, Computing Services or ILS (as it now is), University of Salford 1981-1990: Senior Computing Officer, AIS, University of Salford 1990-1997: Lecturer, Department of Mathematics, University of Salford 1998-2001: Reader in Statistics, University of Salford 2001- Personal chair in Statistics

Qualifications:

M.A. (double first, Cantab) in Theoretical Physics (1968) Ph. D. (Cantab) in High Energy Physics (1972) C. Stat. (Chartered Statistician) (1990) C. Math (Chartered Mathematician) (1990), FIMA (Fellow of the Institute of Mathematics and its Applications)(1990) Member of the International Statistical Institute (ISI) (1999)

My Most Viewed

#	Item title
1.	How does the DerSimonian and Laird procedure for random effects meta-analysis compare with its more efficient but harder to compute counterparts?	3859
2.	Predicting the outcomes of annual sporting contests	1030	1
3.	The health impact of an online heart disease support group: A comparison of moderated vs. unmoderated support	987	1
4.	Capital investment appraisal: a new risk premium model	726	105
5.	Forecasting exact scores in National Football League games	688	5
6.	The influence of bait presentation on bait uptake by mice (Mus domesticus) in infested urban domestic dwellings	655	1
7.	Predicting stock returns and assessing prediction performance	541
8.	Biomechanics for inclusive urban design : effects of tactile paving on older adults’ gait when crossing the street	472	714
9.	A dynamic paired comparisons model : who is the greatest tennis player?	457	6
10.	Modelling the probability distribution of prize winnings in the UK national lottery: consequences of conscious selection	424	4

My Latest

Chadwell, AEA ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9101-5202, Kenney, LPJ ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2164-3892, Thies, SBA ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9889-2243, Head, JS ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3483-3903, Galpin, AJ ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7699-8706 and Baker, RD ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3555-3425 2021, 'Addressing unpredictability may be the key to improving performance with current clinically prescribed myoelectric prostheses' , Scientific Reports, 11 , p. 3300.
Jozsa, F, Ahmed, M, Baker, RD ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3555-3425 and Douek, M 2020, Can machine learning be used to reduce overtreatment of the axilla in breast cancer? Results from a retrospective cohort study , in: The European Society of Surgical Oncology (ESSO) 2020 Virtual, 23rd-24th October 2020, Online.
Thies, SBA ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9889-2243, Bates, AV, Costamagna, E, Kenney, LPJ ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2164-3892, Granat, MH ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0722-2760, Webb, J ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0654-5530, Howard, D ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1738-0698, Baker, RD ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3555-3425 and Dawes, H 2020, 'Are older people putting themselves at risk when using their walking frames?' , BMC Geriatrics, 20 (1) , p. 90.
Baker, RD ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3555-3425 2020, 'New order-statistics-based ranking models and faster computation of outcome probabilities' , IMA Journal of Management Mathematics, 31 (1) , pp. 33-48.
Baker, RD ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3555-3425, Forrest, D and Perez, L 2020, 'Modelling demand for lotto using a novel method of correcting for endogeneity' , Economic Modelling, 84 , pp. 302-308.
Jozsa, F, Ahmed, M, Baker, RD ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3555-3425 and Douek, M 2019, 'Is sentinel node biopsy necessary in the radiologically negative axilla in breast cancer?' , Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 177 , pp. 1-4.
Costamagna, E, Thies, SBA ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9889-2243, Kenney, LPJ ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2164-3892, Howard, D ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1738-0698, Lindemann, U, Klenk, J and Baker, RD ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3555-3425 2019, 'Objective measures of rollator user stability and device loading during different walking scenarios' , PLoS ONE, 14 (1) , e0210960.
Baker, RD ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3555-3425 2019, 'New survival distributions that quantify the gain from eliminating flawed components' , Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 185 (May 19) , pp. 493-501.
Chadwell, AEA ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9101-5202, Kenney, LPJ ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2164-3892, Granat, MH ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0722-2760, Thies, SBA ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9889-2243, Head, JS ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3483-3903, Galpin, AJ ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7699-8706 and Baker, RD ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3555-3425 2018, 'Upper limb activity in myoelectric prosthesis users is biased towards the intact limb and appears unrelated to goal-directed task performance' , Scientific Reports, 8 , #11084.
Baker, RD and McHale, IG 2017, 'Time-varying ratings for international football teams' , European Journal of Operational Research, 267 (2) , pp. 659-666.