Dear Justin, OSR review of approach to developing statistical models designed for awarding 2020 exam results As you are aware the Office for Statistics Regulation is undertaking a review focused on the process of developing the statistical models designed for awarding 2020 exam results. I am writing to update you on the scope of our review and our […]
Dear Paul Assessment of 2021 Censuses in the UK– National Records of Scotland (NRS) Response to Preliminary Findings I am writing to you to share our feedback on the progress NRS has made to meet the standard of the Code of Practice for Statistics in its developments for Scotland’s Census. There has of course been […]
Dear Iain Assessment of 2021 Censuses in the UK – Office for National Statistics (ONS) Response to Preliminary Findings We have reviewed the actions that your team has taken to address the findings in Assessment Report 345: 2021 Censuses in the UK – Preliminary Findings. These findings aim to build on the existing work being […]
Dear David Assessment of 2021 Censuses in the UK – Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) Response to Preliminary Findings We have reviewed the actions that NISRA has taken to address the findings in Assessment Report 345: 2021 Censuses in the UK – Preliminary Findings. These findings aim to build on the existing work […]
Dear Iain Telephone-operated Crime Survey for England and Wales Thank you for inviting my team to review your newly instated Telephone-operated Crime Survey for England and Wales (TCSEW). Statistics from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Crime Survey are vital for understanding the prevalence, type and impact of crime experienced by individuals, households and society. […]
Dear Mr Brooks Thank you for your letter on 6 August regarding the draft statutory guidance framework for the Domestic Abuse Act, published in July 2020. You requested that my team review the two paragraphs below, specifically whether the use of the word ‘vast’ to describe the number of male perpetrators in relation to female […]
Dear Mr Humpherson Re: Draft Statutory Guidance Framework (July 2020) – Domestic Abuse Act/Bill I am writing on behalf of the ManKind Initiative, the expert, specialist and leading UK charity supporting male victims of domestic abuse. This is in regard to the above document published in July 2020 which is the Statutory Guidance to be […]
Dear Tony ARMED FORCES CONTINUOUS ATTITUDE SURVEY STATISTICS As you are aware, we recently completed our compliance check of the Ministry of Defence’s (MOD) Armed Forces Continuous Attitude Survey statistics against the Code of Practice for Statistics. Following a constructive conversation with yourself and the other MOD statisticians responsible for these statistics, I am pleased […]
Dear Professor Ashby and Ms Witherspoon, REVIEW OF STATISTICAL MODELS USED FOR GRADING 2020 EXAM RESULTS Thank you both for your letter of 14 August highlighting concerns about the statistical models used to determine exam grades across the UK this year. You have requested the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) conducts a review of the […]
Dear Ed, We are writing as President and as Vice President, Education and Statistical Literacy of the Royal Statistical Society (RSS) to ask formally that the Office for Statistics Regulation (OSR) conduct a measured review of the statistical models that qualifications regulators across the UK put in place, and the process by which they did […]
