Blog articles – Government Analysis Function

Automated data visualisation best practice in R: afcharts

Accessibility, Data science, Data visualisation, Digital, Digital, Data and Technology Profession, Economists, Geographers, Learning and development, Operational Researchers, Social Researchers, Statisticians and Data Scientists

Olivia Box Power blogs about the new updates to the afcharts R package.

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From Self-Taught to Distinction: Barry’s Apprenticeship Journey

Careers, Data, Data science, Digital, Statisticians and Data Scientists

Starting my data science degree apprenticeship was one of the most important decisions of my career. I had spent more than twenty years in technical roles, from IT engineering to software development, data engineering and data analysis. Although I had trained extensively, I had no formal qualification to show the depth of my knowledge. I […]

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Using Census 2021 data to improve diabetes prevalence estimates

Data science

Find out more about how the Clinical Epidemiology team at the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities (OHID) have used data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) to update sub-national estimates of type 2 diabetes prevalence in England.

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Transforming energy data pipelines

Archived Data quality, Data science, Statisticians and Data Scientists

Joseph Elliston of the the department of Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) blogs about working with the Office for National Statistics (ONS) on digital transformation projects.

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Chicago machine learning . . . and all that jazz!

Archived Data science, Methodology

Graham Brennan blogs about developing his skills in Machine Learning (ML).

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Developing an interactive dashboard for the Outcome Indicator Framework

Archived Data science, Data visualisation

Clare Betts and Simon Hatfield blog about using the Outcome Indicator Framework dashboard at the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).

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