The Code of Practice for Statistics is one year old today. This is real cause for celebration. Our new code reframes the debate about statistics. The statistician is not just a calculator. Rather, the statistician’s job is at the heart of democracy. As David Norgrove states in his introduction to the code: statistics are a […]
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I am pleased to be saying happy first birthday to the Code of Practice for Statistics. Over the last twelve months I have been involved in many different conversations about the use of statistics and I have found the new code to be really helpful in supporting these. As the statistical Head of Profession in […]
Learn moreMy name is Kin-Chung OW and I have just completed a two week secondment with the GSS Good Practice Team (GPT) from the Department for Education, working on a case study on Reproducible Analytical Pipelines (RAP) in R. If you are not familiar with RAP, do not worry! You are not alone. This was an area […]
Learn moreIn the Data Visualisation team at ONS, we have undertaken a project to review the way we write chart titles and we thought it would be good to share our experience in blog for the Government Statistical Service (GSS). What’s the idea? Currently, many of the chart titles used by the ONS and across the GSS are […]
Learn moreThe objective of the GSS Data Project is to pioneer a better way for users to connect with government data. By improving findability, usability and interoperability we will increase the impact and reach of GSS statistical data. As reported in previous articles on the project, there are currently obstacles at each step of this process: […]
Learn moreQuestion 1 There were a total of 1,003 baby girls named Holly born in England and Wales in 2017, but how many of these were born in December? Question 2 How many real Christmas trees are bought in the UK each year (to the nearest million)? Question 3 Which area of the GSS website had […]
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Today, the Quality Centre in the Best Practice and Impact Division published the National Statistician’s Quality Review (NSQR) of Privacy and Data Confidentiality Methods to support producers of statistics to think strategically about the methods needed to keep pace with changing data sources and technologies. This NSQR outlines the challenges faced and sets out the steps […]
Learn moreIt was the start of 2016 when I launched my Diversity Initiative calling for volunteers to identify work on diversity-related issues. The aim was to shape the Government Statistical Service (GSS) of the future by making the best use of our diverse talents and perspectives. The National Statistics Executive Group (NSEG) is the monthly senior […]
Learn moreEarlier this year, I was lucky enough to be accepted on the BBC News secondment programme. I packed up my GSS Good Practice Advisor belongings, left ONS Newport and set off for the bright lights of New Broadcasting House in central London. This meant relocating to London for the summer and moving in with my […]
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A view point on how initiatives happening across the GSS can do great things together but it’s also a lesson that we need to do better in raising awareness of the things we are doing.
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