title: Physical stature in nineteenth-century New Zealand: A preliminary interpretation

authors: Inwood, Kris

subjects: anthropometric history

abstract: During the late nineteenth century, the physical stature of New Zealand-born men stagnated, despite an apparently beneficial public health environment and growth in per-capita incomes. We examine trends and differentials in male stature through World War I enlistment and casualty records. Stature varied by social class, with professionals and men in rural occupations substantially taller than their peers. There is not enough evidence to show that the indigenous Maori population differed in height from men of European descent. Stagnation in stature in late nineteenth-century New Zealand is consistent with patterns observed in Australia, North America, and Western Europe.

text: Physical stature in nineteenth-century New Zealand: A preliminary interpretation During the late nineteenth century, the physical stature of New Zealand-born men stagnated, despite an apparently beneficial public health environment and growth in per-capita incomes. We examine trends and differentials in male stature through World War I enlistment and casualty records. Stature varied by social class, with professionals and men in rural occupations substantially taller than their peers. There is not enough evidence to show that the indigenous Maori population differed in height from men of European descent. Stagnation in stature in late nineteenth-century New Zealand is consistent with patterns observed in Australia, North America, and Western Europe.

year: 2010

title: Evaluating research - Peer review team assessment and journal-based bibliographic measures: New Zealand PBRF research output scores in 2006

authors: Anderson, David L.

subjects: Bibliometrics

abstract: This paper concerns the relationship between the assessment of the research of individual academics by peer or expert review teams with a variety of bibliometric schemes based on journal quality weights. Specifically, for a common group of economists from New Zealand departments of economics the relationship between Performance-Based Research Fund (PBRF) Research Output measures for those submitting new research portfolios in 2006 are compared with evaluations of journal based research over the 2000-2005 assessment period. This comparison identifies the journal weighting schemes that appear most similar to PBRF peer evaluations. The paper provides an indication of the ‘power or aggressiveness’ of PBRF evaluations in terms of the weighting given to quality. The implied views of PBRF peer review teams are also useful in assessing common assumptions made in evaluating journal based research.

text: Evaluating research - Peer review team assessment and journal-based bibliographic measures: New Zealand PBRF research output scores in 2006 This paper concerns the relationship between the assessment of the research of individual academics by peer or expert review teams with a variety of bibliometric schemes based on journal quality weights. Specifically, for a common group of economists from New Zealand departments of economics the relationship between Performance-Based Research Fund (PBRF) Research Output measures for those submitting new research portfolios in 2006 are compared with evaluations of journal based research over the 2000-2005 assessment period. This comparison identifies the journal weighting schemes that appear most similar to PBRF peer evaluations. The paper provides an indication of the ‘power or aggressiveness’ of PBRF evaluations in terms of the weighting given to quality. The implied views of PBRF peer review teams are also useful in assessing common assumptions made in evaluating journal based research.

year: 2012-04

title: Final report of the 2018 Census External Data Quality Panel

authors: Bedford, Richard

abstract: At the time this report was submitted for publication in January 2020, Stats NZ was finalizing its release schedule for census products that allow users to produce their own tabulations and statistical analyses using census data (see Appendix 2 for a summary of release dates for 2018 Census products).
In early 2020, Stats NZ will release 2018 Census data for use in the Data Lab, a distributed set of secure computer sites where users can access, with approval, microdata for research purposes. By March 2020, 2018 Census data will be in the Integrated Data Infrastructure (IDI) and available for use by approved researchers and policy analysts who wish to negotiate access to the IDI.

text: Final report of the 2018 Census External Data Quality Panel At the time this report was submitted for publication in January 2020, Stats NZ was finalizing its release schedule for census products that allow users to produce their own tabulations and statistical analyses using census data (see Appendix 2 for a summary of release dates for 2018 Census products).
In early 2020, Stats NZ will release 2018 Census data for use in the Data Lab, a distributed set of secure computer sites where users can access, with approval, microdata for research purposes. By March 2020, 2018 Census data will be in the Integrated Data Infrastructure (IDI) and available for use by approved researchers and policy analysts who wish to negotiate access to the IDI.

year: 2020