Blog posts

To help us meet this challenge we are inviting views on our 2018/19 work programme and are requesting your input through our consultation.

My big problem with my favourite innovation of the year – the Reproducible Analytical Pipeline (RAP) – is this: what should I call it for my end of year blog?

One of the main advantages of applying the Code principles is about enhancing trust by being transparent.

The structure of the Quality pillar is essentially the same as in the draft Code, based around a basic statistics process model: Suitable Data Sources; Sound Methods, and Assured Data Quality.

We partnered with Sense About Science, an independent campaigning charity that challenges the misrepresentation of science and evidence in public life, to meet with nine members of the public.

We received more than 100 formal and informal responses to our Code of Practice consultation.

Innovation should be at the forefront of a statistical system that meets its users’ needs.

Credible statistics that command trust are an essential public asset and the lifeblood of democratic debate.

It has been great to get out and about to speak about the draft Code of Practice for Statistics over the past few months.

Guest blog from Richard Laux, Deputy Head of Regulation, on the role of families of statistics.