Nicholas Fisher  
Honorary Professor of Statistics in the School of Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Sydney.  
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Postal address: School of Mathematics and Statistics F07  
University of Sydney NSW 2006  
Australia  
Office:  
Room 725 Carslaw Building  
Nicholas.Fisher@sydney.edu.au  
+61 407 017 016  
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Research Interests  
At various times, I have been interested in  
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Statistics for directional data  
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Nonparametric statistics  
Visualisation methods in Statistics  
Statistics in the Earth Sciences  
Historical aspects of Statistics and of Management, especially documentation of individual contributions.  
The main focus of my current research is in the area of Measuring Business relationships, in a variety of forms and contexts:  
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Performance measurement for enterprises  
How to assess Research Quality, Culture, Safety Culture, Trust  
Strategic Planning  
Performance Measurement and public policy  
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Professional activities  
I am a member of a number of professional societies, including  
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American Statistical Association  
International Association for Mathematical Geosciences  
International Statistical Institute  
International Society for Business and Industrial Statistics  
Royal Statistical Society  
Statistical Society of Australia  
I am professionally accredited by the American Statistical Association and by the Statistical Society of Australia.  
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Links and web sites  
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School of Mathematics and Statistics external front page  
School of Mathematics and Statistics internal front page  
SMS Research  
Faculty of Science  
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