Steve Humble MBE
Dr Steve Humble MBE carries out research in sub Saharan Africa and India concerning parental choice and their children’s schooling. He also is an expert around analysing data from large samples using advanced statistical techniques using both STATA and SPSS. He supervises PhD and Masters students who wish to look at using mixed methods approaches with a focus on quantitative analysis.
Biography
Dr Steve Humble MBE carries out research in sub Saharan Africa and India concerning parental choice and their children’s schooling. He also is an expert around analysing data from large samples using advanced statistical techniques using both STATA and SPSS. One example would be the use of discrete choice models (McFadden, 1974) to directly test large household data sets to see whether the parents’ preferences and demographics affect the choice of attending different school management types (Government, Low-cost Private, Faith Based Mission, Community and NGO schools). His PhD looked at children’s ability, creativity and motivation in poor parts of Kinondoni, Tanzania.He was awarded an MBE, a grade within the British order of chivalry – Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire for Services to Education in the 2016 New Year’s Honours List.
He supervises PhD and Masters students who wish to look at using mixed methods approaches with a focus on quantitative analysis.
Areas of Research / Professional Expertise
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He is currently writing his new book 'Quantitative Analysis of Questionnaires. Techniques to explore structures and relationships' to be published in 2020.
In today’s world, choice has become part of our daily routine. From which coffee to order, which mode of transport to use to get to work or which University to attend the multitude of options makes for exciting decision making processes. Buying online has brought about the emergence of rating providers, sellers and products. This informs future would be market participants around quality, reliability and appropriateness. Therefore completing rating scales and questionnaires has become commonplace.
This book is for non-mathematical students with no prior knowledge of quantitative methods. It provides statistical approaches that are appropriate for in depth analysis of questionnaires. These include questionnaires that can be simple dichotomous, likert scale or stated and revealed preference choice. A range of techniques highlights how to explore and uncover what lies within the data to reveal structures and relationships that are not discovered through descriptive statistics. This accessible book will both illustrate and expand the reader’s understanding of the statistical techniques used in SPSS and STATA.
Websites
Books
Articles
Factor Structure of the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking Figural Form A in Kiswahili speaking children: multidimensionality and influences on creative behaviour.
Published: Aug 01, 2018 by Thinking Skills and Creativity
Authors: Humble S, Dixon P, Mpofu E.
The Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking (TTCT) was developed in 1966 and has been translated into more than 35 languages (Millar, 2002). The model was then used to explore creativity correlations with children’s environment and background factors. This research provides some evidence for the valid use of the TTCT in sub-Saharan Africa.
The 22 Million Digit Prime Number
Published: Apr 01, 2016 by The Conversation
Authors: Steve Humble
Subjects:
Education
Prime Numbers in 2016
Humble-Nishiyama Randomness Game
Published: Feb 11, 2016 by New York Times
Authors: Steve Humble
Subjects:
Education
The game starts with a standard 52-card deck of playing cards. At the start of a game, each player announces, one player after the other, a 3-color sequence she will be watching for as the deck of cards is dealt out card by card.
How children living in Tanzania perceive their own multiple intelligences
Published: Feb 04, 2016 by Oxford Review of Education
Authors: Dixon P, Humble S, Chan DW
Subjects:
Education
Research into multiple intelligences in a developing setting.
Neighbour Problem
Published: Jun 22, 2015 by New York Times
Authors: Steve Humble
Subjects:
Education
The Neighbor Problem - Pick any two values (like an ace and a two) in a deck of cards. The suit doesn’t matter. Then shuffle the deck and deal out all 52 cards face-up in a straight line. What are the odds you’ll find your chosen cards as neighbors?
Handbook of International Development and Education
Published: Feb 12, 2015 by Edward Elgar
Authors: Dixon P, Humble S, Counihan C
Subjects:
Education
Handbook on international development and education
Explorer Puzzle books
Published: Mar 12, 2014 by BrainBox
Authors: Steve Humble
Subjects:
Education
Range of ten puzzle books for Primary School children
Triangle Mysteries
Published: May 13, 2013 by New York Times
Authors: Steve Humble
Subjects:
Education
To discuss randomness I created this color game to play. The idea was to show how order came from initial disorder. You get these patches of triangle color.
Trail Blazers. Learning Maths Outside the Classroom.
Published: Feb 12, 2013 by Teaching Children Mathematics
Authors: English & Humble
Subjects:
Education
Maths Walks
Videos
Published: Jul 22, 2015
TEDx on Steve Humble research in Africa to find 'slum super stars'
Published: Mar 31, 2015
Hidden Maths outside
Published: Mar 29, 2015
Maths is all around us
Published: May 31, 2011
Q&A for the Randomness Show
Published: May 31, 2011
The Randomness Show - mathematical magic