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Internet access harmonised standard

This harmonised standard sets out how to collect and present data on internet access.

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General health harmonised standard

The following guidance sets out how to collect and report statistics about general health to ensure statistics about this topic are as comparable as possible across the Government Statistical Service (GSS).

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Impairment harmonised standard

The following guidance sets out how to collect and report statistics about impairment to ensure statistics about this topic are as comparable as possible across the Government Statistical Service (GSS).

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Tips for designing dashboards

Introduction Dashboards can be a useful way to share statistics. However, they are not always the best tool to use. Poorly designed dashboards will make your data much harder to…

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Coronavirus (COVID-19) harmonisation guidance

These questions have been developed to collect data about the impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic in a harmonised way.

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Personal wellbeing harmonised standard

The following guidance sets out how to collect and report statistics about personal wellbeing to ensure statistics about this topic are as comparable as possible across the Government Statistical Service (GSS).

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Loneliness harmonised standard

The following guidance sets out how to collect and report statistics about loneliness to ensure statistics about this topic are as comparable as possible across the Government Statistical Service (GSS).

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Introduction to data visualisation

This guidance sets out some principles to think about when presenting data in tables and graphs.

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Tips for urgent quality assurance of data

This guidance advises on how to quality assure data sources.

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Remote testing survey questions

Introduction When designing survey questions we advise carrying out cognitive interviewing and usability testing. Cognitive interviewing is a method used to explore the ways in which respondents mentally process and…

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