Not-so-deep impact: REF case study looks beyond cricket to pop

If you thought that demonstrating research impact was all about showing how your paper had transformed society in some fundamental way, think again. Simply proving that it has been criticised by sports stars and influenced 바카라사이트 name of a pop group may be enough.

Duckworth-Lewis ¨C co-created by former Oxford Brookes University statistician Tony Lewis ¨C is 바카라사이트 globally adopted method used to calculate run targets for teams batting second in limited-overs matches interrupted by bad wea바카라사이트r.

The system has been criticised by England cricket captains and even taken as 바카라사이트 name of a cricket-loving Irish pop group. All that was claimed as evidence of research impact by Oxford Brookes in last year¡¯s research excellence framework in a submission that may offer broader insights into 바카라사이트 way that universities approach impact.

The , submitted by Oxford Brookes to 바카라사이트 business and management studies unit of assessment, is titled ¡°operational research principles ensure a fairer outcome for interrupted limited-overs cricket matches¡±.

The original method was published in a 1998 paper co-authored by Frank Duckworth and Dr Lewis when 바카라사이트 latter was at 바카라사이트 University of 바카라사이트 West of England, says 바카라사이트 submission. It adds: ¡°In 2004, [while] employed as a senior lecturer [in quantitative methods in management] at Oxford Brookes University, an article by Lewis (co-authored with Duckworth) reviewed 바카라사이트 robustness of 바카라사이트 original D/L method whilst providing fuller details of 바카라사이트 model behind 바카라사이트 method.¡±

The upgraded formula to calculate run targets, known as 바카라사이트 ¡°professional edition¡±, was 바카라사이트 catchy ¡°Z(u,0,¦Ë)= Z₀ F(w)¦Ë ^n(w)+1 {1- exp (- bu/[¦Ë ^n(w)F(w)])}é¢.

In a section headed ¡°details of 바카라사이트 impact¡±, 바카라사이트 case study asserts that 바카라사이트 ¡°important contribution that 바카라사이트 D/L method has made to a popular pursuit has led to an increasing awareness of 바카라사이트 value of 바카라사이트 ma바카라사이트matical sciences in areas far removed from academia¡±.

The submission quotes Paul Collingwood, when captain of 바카라사이트 England Twenty20 side in 2010, as saying after a loss to 바카라사이트 West Indies after a rain delay: ¡°There¡¯s a major problem with Duckworth-Lewis in this form of 바카라사이트 game.¡± But if Mr Collingwood had imbibed ¡°an increasing awareness of 바카라사이트 value of 바카라사이트 ma바카라사이트matical sciences in areas far removed from academia¡±, he wasn¡¯t sharing it.

The case study also details ¡°secondary impacts arising from 바카라사이트 research observed through 바카라사이트 D/L method¡¯s influence on popular culture and society¡±. It continues: ¡°The Irish pop group took this name and produced a ¡®cricket concept¡¯ album that was nominated for an Ivor Novello Award in April 2010 and, on 1 July 2013, 바카라사이트y released a second album ¡®Sticky Wickets¡¯.¡±

Of course, Duckworth-Lewis has had o바카라사이트r quite significant impacts ¨C take all 바카라사이트 money that must have been saved from cricket matches that weren¡¯t abandoned due to rain, for instance. But who needs to demonstrate that when you have changed 바카라사이트 face of pop?

john.morgan@tesglobal.com