Statistics
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January spotlight on statistical work in Scotland
1st February 2023 by Ally McAlpine
Reading Time: 5 minutes In my first blog as Chief Statistician, I spoke about the vital role statistics play in enriching the evidence base. I am passionate about the role statisticians can make to develop better policies for the people of Scotland. In Autumn 2022, I followed up by setting out our mission across the...
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Becoming Leaders in Statistics
30th July 2022 by Ally McAlpine
We all need to become leaders in statistics. In this blog I look at how we can make that happen, the importance of sharing ideas and how your views are shaping our future planning. Reading Time: 6 minutes ‘Statistical Leadership In the Service of Scotland’ – Official Statistics Conference How can we make more of...
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Message from the Interim Chief Statistician – Ally McAlpine
19th April 2022 by Ally McAlpine
Supporting our statistics in policy making It will be an honour and a privilege to lead Scotland’s community of talented statisticians. We face many challenges in Government and our statistics plays a vital role in contributing to the response taken. I want to lead our group to get the best value from our statistics. Through...
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Office of the Chief Statistician email service- ScotStat
17th March 2022 by Helen Davidson
The Office of the Chief Statistician has now moved its ScotStat email notification service to a new platform. To stay up to date with the latest Scottish Government statistics make sure to sign-up to the new ScotStat. Official statistics provide the most accurate and up-to-date picture of our society. ScotStat is one of the best...
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Improving the Speed and Accuracy of Agricultural Statistics
16th February 2022 by Ally McAlpine
This month, the team are looking at improving the speed and accuracy of our agricultural statistics. They focussed on the computer code and the time taken from receiving data to producing statistics. And, we are learning from gaming and software development. In simple terms, it is a way of coding that removes errors. It also...
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Analytical exchange programme 2022
31st January 2022 by Helen Davidson
by Roger Halliday, Chief Statistician The Analytical Exchange programme matches analysts working in Scotland with voluntary sector organisations requesting help around data, analysis, statistics and research on very short, sharp projects. These can be anywhere between an afternoon to 10 working days. Individuals or small groups of statisticians, economists or researchers then act as...
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Scottish Government Assistant Statistician Recruitment
25th January 2022 by Helen Davidson
Scottish Government recently launched a recruitment campaign for assistant statisticians at B1, B2 and B3 grades. We are recruiting for a variety of roles across the stats group across all grades. We have statisticians working in all parts of Government, from economy to education, from the Census to climate change, from housing to health. The...
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Sign up to the new ScotStat
17th January 2022 by Helen Davidson
By Roger Halliday, Chief Statistician, Scottish Government. Keeping users of our statistics informed of the latest developments such as new publications, events or consultations is a crucial task for our statisticians. One of the key ways we do this is through ScotStat, our email notification system. I’m pleased to announce then that we are investing...
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Women in Statistics
25th November 2021 by Ally McAlpine
RESAS statisticians recently attended the Royal Statistical Society Annual Conference in Manchester. This month’s blog is written by Christina Coakley, Senior Assistant Statistician. Chrissy is now leading the analytical work to replace the June Agricultural Census. She also led the RESAS delegation at the RSS Conference. Here, she talks about her highlights from the conference...
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An Introduction to the Equality Data Improvement Programme
30th September 2021 by roannasimspon
I’m Roanna Simpson, an analyst in the Equality Analysis Team within the Scottish Government. Our team leads on a new Equality Data Improvement Programme (EDIP) and this is the first in a series of blogs aimed at providing an update on the progress of this work. The new EDIP is a multi-phase programme of work...
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