Cathie Marsh

Catherine "Cathie" Marsh (née Suggitt) (17 February 1951 – 1 January 1993) was a British sociologist and statistician. She was a professor at the University of Manchester, and published two books on surveying in sociology and using statistics in social science. The Cathie Marsh Institute for Social Research (CMIST) at the University of Manchester was named after her, and the Social Research Association holds an annual Cathie Marsch Memorial Lecture.

Career Marsh was born on 17 February 1951 in Dulwich, the eldest of four daughters. Her parents were teachers, and the family moved to Edinburgh for her father's work in 1962.

Marsh authored two books: The Survey Method, which advocated for the inclusion of surveys in sociology, and Exploring Data, which aimed to explain statistics to social science students in an enjoyable manner. Exploring Data was updated by Jane Elliott in 2008. Marsh was chair of the Social Statistics Section of the Royal Statistical Society from 1990 to 1992.