Area of work: Quality

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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Data sharing for national crisis response

A guide covering basic principles and best practice for sharing data, analysis, and statistics between government organisations in times of national crisis and to meet urgent operational need.

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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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Open sourcing analytical code

This guidance is intended to help analysts evaluate how they could benefit from open sourcing their code. It will explain the risks and offer guidance about how to open source code safely.

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Quality of administrative data in statistics

A framework to help you assess the quality of administrative data for use in the production of statistics.

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Quality questions and red flags

The "Quality Questions and Red Flags" guidance is designed to give support and guidance to anyone working on statistical outputs and analysis across government.

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Reporting concerns under the Code of Practice for Statistics

This guidance sets out how producers of official statistics should raise concerns about compliance with the Code of Practice for Statistics.

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Quality assurance of code for analysis and research

This guidance has been written to support analysts in government who use coding in their work. This includes those who produce statistics, carry out modelling or apply data science.

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Tips for communicating the impact of COVID-19

These tips suggest some things to consider if your statistical outputs have been affected by the pandemic.

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