Ray Watson

The effect of packaging on consumer eating quality of beef

RJ Polkinghorne, J Philpott, Jessira Perovic, J Lau, L Davies, W Mudannayake, R Watson, G Tarr, JM Thompson

Journal article  |  2018  |  MEAT SCIENCE

This experiment examined 3 packaging systems: overwrap packaging using oxygen permeable film (OWP); vacuum skin packaging (VSP) an..

EXACT CONFIDENCE INTERVALS FOR PROPORTIONS ESTIMATED BY GROUP TESTING WITH DIFFERENT GROUP SIZES

Konstantine A Dres, Graham Hepworth, Ray Watson

Journal article  |  2015  |  AUSTRALIAN & NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF STATISTICS

Group testing is the process of combining individual samples and testing them as a group for the presence of an attribute. The use..

A comparison of Japanese and Australian consumers' sensory perceptions of beef

Rod J Polkinghorne, Takanori Nishimura, Kate E Neath, Ray Watson

Journal article  |  2014  |  ANIMAL SCIENCE JOURNAL

This paper presents a comparison of Japanese and Australian consumer sensory responses to beef, based on Meat Standards Australia ..

Embedding case studies into statistical teaching to enhance quantitative skills of biomedicine students

M Familari, K Elliott, R Watson, KE Matthews

Journal article  |  2012  |  International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education

Students often find it difficult to appreciate the relevance of statistical analysis and the role of quantitative skills (QS) to t..

A Study of Suicide Risk Using a Cox Cure Model via a Retrospective Sampling and Multiple Imputation

Ying Xu, KF Lam, Feifei Zhou, Paul SF Yip, Ray Watson

Journal article  |  2012  |  COMMUNICATIONS IN STATISTICS-THEORY AND METHODS

The incidence of suicide is an example of rare event. A Cox cure model is adopted to examine the suicide risk of a cohort study of..

How many were there when it mattered?: Estimating the sizes of crowds

R Watson, P Yip

Journal article  |  2011  |  Significance

150 000 people demonstrated in Hong Kong. 10 000 students protested in London against tuition fees. A million people lined the str..

Japanese consumer categorisation of beef into quality grades, based on Meat Standards Australia methodology

Rod J Polkinghorne, Takanori Nishimura, Kate E Neath, Ray Watson

Journal article  |  2011  |  ANIMAL SCIENCE JOURNAL

The objective was to evaluate the sensory categorisation of beef by Japanese consumers, based on Meat Standards Australia methodol..

ESTIMATION OF THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN A DEMONSTRATION

Paul SF Yip, Ray Watson, KS Chan, Eric HY Lau, Feng Chen, Ying Xu, Liqun Xi, Derek YT Cheung, Brian YT Ip, Danping Liu

Journal article  |  2010  |  AUSTRALIAN & NEW ZEALAND JOURNAL OF STATISTICS

It is of interest to estimate the size of a crowd in a demonstration. We propose a practical method to obtain an estimate of the s..

Assessing the impact of suicide exclusion periods on life insurance

P Yip, D Pitt, Y Wang, XW Wu, RK Watson, RM Huggins, Y Xu

Journal article  |  2010  |  Crisis: the journal of crisis intervention and suicide prevention

Adaptation of Meat Standards Australia Quality System for Northern Irish Beef

LJ Farmer, DJ Devlin, NFS Gault, AW Gordon, BW Moss, RJ Polkinghorne, JM Thompson, ELC Tolland, IJ Tollerton, R Watson

Journal article  |  2010  |  Advances in Animal Biosciences