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Coronavirus (COVID-19) and the regulation of statistics

The Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) have published guidance documents regarding coronavirus (COVID-19) and the regulation of statistics. This includes: guidance for producers on what to consider when making changes…

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Tips for urgent quality assurance of ad-hoc statistical analysis

This guidance sits alongside “Tips for urgent quality assurance of data”. This guidance focuses on the analysis, that guidance looks at the data used in the analysis.

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Anonymisation and data confidentiality

This guidance provides advice for maintaining privacy and data confidentiality in government statistics.

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How to publish something on the Government Statistical Service (GSS) website

Guidance on how to prepare and submit content to be published on the GSS website.

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Releasing statistics in spreadsheets

This guidance sets out a common approach, based on recognised good practice, for releasing statistics in spreadsheets.

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How to get the most out of Slack

This guidance explains what Slack is and what it can be used for. It also give tips for using Slack more efficiently.

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Adopting Success Profiles across the Government Statistical Service

This guidance sets out the process for external recruitment, internal Civil Service recruitment and badging for Statistical Officers, Higher Statistical Officers and Senior Statistical Officers in the Statistics Profession.

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Affordable housing harmonisation guidance

This report by the Government Statistical Service (GSS) Harmonisation Team explores the different definitions of affordable housing and associated terminology used in the UK.

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Labelling official statistics

Introduction This guidance is for producers of statistical outputs across government who need to decide whether to label data as official statistics.  The guidance covers: the legal background points to…

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Building confidence in the handling and use of data

This guidance deals with handling data to produce and publish official statistics. It also deals with how to make data available to external users in ways that are transparent and accountable.

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