Area of work: Methodology

Statistical Disclosure Control for tables produced from administrative data

This guidance outlines the main steps to be taken in considering disclosure control, while allowing different solutions to be developed for different datasets, taking into account detailed risk assessment and the latest disclosure control methods.

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Statistical Disclosure Control for tables produced from surveys

This guidance outlines the main steps to be taken when protecting outputs from surveys in considering disclosure control.

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Statistical Disclosure Control for microdata produced from social survey data

This guidance covers how to assess microdata risk and methods of mitigating this risk. It considers suitable methods of disclosure control required to ensure the confidentiality of released microdata. It also highlights specific issues, such as those relating to longitudinal data and large households.

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An introduction to Statistical Disclosure Control (SDC)

This guidance describes the statistical disclosure control (SDC) approach that data providers should follow when producing standard outputs and ad-hoc requests.

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A user guide to international trade statistics and trade asymmetries

This user guide outlines the different ways that UK trade statistics are collected and measured.

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Introducing the Administrative Data Quality Question Bank

This question bank aims to help analysts understand administrative data quality. The questions can be used as an assessment tool when producing statistics and conducting research using administrative data.

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A user guide to regional trade

This user guide outlines the various measures of trade, including their strengths and limitations.

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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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Data linkage

This guidance provides advice on data linking - the process of joining datasets together so we can maximise the use of our data sources. 

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Using weather and climate data in statistical analysis

This guidance is designed to assist producers of statistics with accessing and using weather and climate data in statistical analysis.

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