Guidance hub

The guidance hub contains resources and reference information to help you with all aspects of your analytical work.

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Office for National Statistics (ONS) Survey Strategy Research and Development Principles (SSRDP)

Guidance

These principles should be used alongside the 10 steps of the Respondent Centred Design Framework when developing a survey. This will help reduce respondent burden and improve data quality.

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Review of disability data harmonised standards

Harmonisation standards and guidance

A review of the disability harmonised standard that aims to ensure that disability standards meet user needs and explore any potential improvements.

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Open sourcing analytical code

Guidance

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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Questionnaire design guidance

Guidance

This guidance covers the main considerations in question and questionnaire design and shares specific best practice on question design.

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Review of ethnicity harmonised standard: findings from phase 1 of our research

Harmonisation standards and guidance

This report presents the first phase of work by the Government Statistical Service (GSS) to review the current ethnicity harmonised standard.

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Quality of administrative data in statistics

Framework

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

Guidance

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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The Theory of Change Process – Guidance for Outcome Delivery Plans

Toolkit

This toolkit is designed to make designing, updating, and maintaining TOCs easier. It provides practical information to support the justification, design, application, communication, and review of TOCs. Many departments may have their own TOC tool to support users through the process.

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Review of gender identity data harmonised standard

Harmonisation standards and guidance

A review of the current gender identity data harmonised standard.

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National Statistician’s guidance: management information and official statistics

Guidance

This guidance provides advice on how government departments should treat management information to get maximum value from it while protecting public trust in official statistics.

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