Civil Service Live: Challenge 5
Challenge 5: Evaluating analysis
Evaluating your work is an important activity, but how can you find out more about how to do this? The “colour books” are a series of publications used by government analysts that give guidance and standards on a variety of important subjects, that are named after colours.
Your challenge
Which colour books would be useful for finding out more about Evaluation?
Your final code letter is: G.
Congratulations!
You have now completed the Analysis Function QR Code Challenge! Take all your code letters and arrange them into an analysis-related word…
Have you unlocked the code?! Send us an email at Analysis.Function@ons.gov.uk containing:
- The five letter code word
- Your name and contact details
- Your answer to our tie-breaker question (in 50 words or fewer), “Why do you want the opportunity to job shadow the Head of the Analysis Function and National Statistician, Professor Sir Ian Diamond?”

More information about analysis
To find out more you can:
- Come to our “Data-driven decision making” session (SKCS4)
- Subscribe to the monthly Analysis Function (AF) newsletter (email the team)
- Ask us any questions by emailing Analysis.Function@ons.gov.uk
- Follow the AF on Twitter gov_analysis for our weekly Learning Bytes and more
- Explore our “Analytical learning for non-analysts” learning pathway
- Visit Civil Service Learning
- Look at the guidance available in your department and speak with a friendly local analyst
