Government Statistical Service Newsletter – May 2021
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Learn more on Government Statistical Service Newsletter – May 2021Every month we send out a round-up of the latest news, blogs and other updates.
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Learn more on Government Statistical Service newsletter – August 2021The Engagement Hub has set up 12 core engagement themes to encourage members of the GSS to develop user engagement by working together across government. Each theme is led by a senior civil servant who is an expert in their subject. The leader for each theme will have at least one deputy from another government […]
Learn more on GSS engagement theme leads and groupsThese case studies provide examples of successful improvements to the quality of GSS statistics. They are grouped by the goals in the GSS Quality Strategy that they most closely align with. They have been sourced from GSS Quality Champions and the OSR review on the State of the UK’s Statistical System. Additional case studies related […]
Learn more on GSS Quality Strategy case studiesLoops, control flow and the ability to write your own functions are valuable programming tools. This short course covers and introduction to these topics and demonstrates areas for additional learning.
Learn more on R control flow loops and functionsThis blog looks at the available sources of data about smoking in more detail. It also looks at what the data tell us about smoking trends.
Learn more on Tobacco trends: how changes to surveys during the pandemic affected smoking estimatesThis course introduces the concepts, motivation, and techniques for creating a Reproducible Analytical Pipeline (RAP). It explains the benefits of RAP and gives guidance to help you overcome common problems with it.
Learn more on Introduction to Reproducible Analytical Pipelines (RAP)Description Data Linkage is vital for increasing the utility of data and improving quality of datasets by removing duplicated records. This pathway is targeted at those conducting research and data analysis who can expand on the extent of their research by linking records or datasets to find new insights. It is a mix of theory […]
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