Regulation blog

Ed Humpherson, the Director General for Regulation, team members at the Office for Statistics Regulation and other ad-hoc guest authors present think pieces on how the different areas of the statistical system can affect and benefit the public.

Intelligent transparency – or how the sausage gets made

In our latest blog, Regulator Anna Price discusses our intelligent transparency campaign, and recently updated guidance. There’s a line in the musical Hamilton which goes: “No one really knows…How the…

Why misleading statistics should never become a catchphrase

In our latest blog, Head of Casework Elise Rohan, talks about the problem with the repeated use of misleading statistics and how you can combat this. I have always been…

How do people use official statistics to make decisions?

Sofi Nickson, Head of Research at OSR, shares why OSR is interested in the role statistics play in decision making by members of the public along with what we know…

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