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This checklist is designed to help you implement our data visualisation charts guidance and e-learning.
Learn more on Accessible charts: a checklist of the basicsThese resources are to be used alongside our 'releasing statistics in spreadsheets' guidance.
Learn more on Resources to use with our releasing statistics in spreadsheets guidanceThese 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.
Learn more on Office for National Statistics (ONS) Survey Strategy Research and Development Principles (SSRDP)A review of the disability harmonised standard that aims to ensure that disability standards meet user needs and explore any potential improvements.
Learn more on Review of disability data harmonised standardsThis 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.
Learn more on Open sourcing analytical codeThis guidance covers the main considerations in question and questionnaire design and shares specific best practice on question design.
Learn more on Questionnaire design guidanceThis report presents the first phase of work by the Government Statistical Service (GSS) to review the current ethnicity harmonised standard.
Learn more on Review of ethnicity harmonised standard: findings from phase 1 of our researchA framework to help you assess the quality of administrative data for use in the production of statistics.
Learn more on Quality of administrative data in statisticsThe "Quality Questions and Red Flags" guidance is designed to give support and guidance to anyone working on statistical outputs and analysis across government.
Learn more on Quality questions and red flagsThis 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.
Learn more on The Theory of Change Process – Guidance for Outcome Delivery Plans