Harmonisation methodology
This page contains useful tools for those interested in Government Statistical Service Harmonisation methodology.
If you have questions related to harmonisation methodology that are not answered within these pages, please contact harmonisation@statistics.gov.uk.
The Survey development toolkit can be used to support the development of survey products for social and business surveys.
The three levels of Respondent Centred Design (RCD) guidance can be used to help make decisions about the amount of research and design needed for survey questions and materials.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) Survey Strategy Research and Development Principles (SSRDP) sets out the 11 design principles the ONS has established to help understand what it takes to make a survey respondent centred whist reducing respondent burden and improving data quality.
Other resources
The Agile delivery community (on GOV.UK) is for members who are interested in agile methods to deliver government projects or products.
A guide to the discovery phase of research is available on the GOV.UK website.
Laura Wilson and Emma Dickinson (Office for National Statistics) share their experience designing surveys by combining social research and user experience best practice. The Respondent Centred Surveys book (available on sagepub.com) is designed to support inclusive design, accessible surveys and to support with common practical research problems.