Statistics
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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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New consultation: Equality Evidence Strategy 2023-25
5th July 2022 by maisybest
On Friday, the Equality Analysis Team launched a consultation on proposals to improve and strengthen Scotland’s equality evidence base over the next three years. These proposals will form the basis of Scotland’s new Equality Evidence Strategy. The publication of the strategy will mark the conclusion of the first phase of the Scottish Government’s Equality Data...
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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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Future of COVID-19 Data Reporting
5th April 2022 by Helen Davidson
Following the publication of Scotland’s Strategic Framework update in February 2022 we are now planning to move to a single main source of headline COVID-19 data. All headline COVID-19 data can now be sourced from Public Health Scotland’s (PHS) COVID-19 Daily Dashboard. The Scottish Government (SG) will no longer provide updates to the Coronavirus (COVID-19): daily data for Scotland...
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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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Using intersectionality in policymaking and analysis
16th March 2022 by roannasimspon
Last week the Equality Analysis Team published our evidence synthesis on the concept of intersectionality, along with an accompanying summary. This is an output from our Equality Data Improvement Programme (EDIP). Intersectionality is a rich concept that has been used to articulate and analyse the lived reality of those who experience multiple inequalities, particularly within...
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Collecting and publishing equality data
11th March 2022 by Dan Craig
I’m Dan Craig, an assistant statistician in the Equality Analysis Team within the Scottish Government. In this blog, I talk about a key project within our Equality Data Improvement Programme (EDIP) – updating our guidance for the collection of equality data. The EDIP a multi-phase programme of work that aims to strengthen Scotland’s equality evidence...
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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 analytical...
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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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