Quality questions and red flags

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Publication date:1 November 2022
Owner:Data Quality Hub
Who this is for:Users and producers of statistics
Type:Guidance
Contact:DQHub@ons.gov.uk

The ‘Quality Questions and Red Flags’ guidance is designed to give support and guidance to anyone working on statistical outputs and analysis across government. The guidance has been produced by the Data Quality Hub and the Analysis Standards and Pipelines Hub, both based at the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

The guidance includes:

  • a set of questions that the statistical community can use to interrogate their work and assure its quality
  • a set of statements that can help the statistical community identify potential risks to the quality of their work

You can access the full guidance on GitHub. If you experience any challenges accessing GitHub, please contact us at DQHub@ons.gov.uk.

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