Methods
A guide to the methods used to collect and analyse labour market statistics data. These include methods for sample design and selection, data weighting and analysis, the protocols to protect confidentiality of individual information and for data revision.
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Confidentiality protection
How we safeguard confidential information
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Data collection
Labour market data collected through a variety of sample surveys
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Data editing and imputation
Dealing with data errors and missing values
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Further analysis measures
Contains information on analysis methods including small area estimation and the social accounting matrix
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Index numbers
Index numbers measure changes or differences, typically changes over time
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Quality measures
Data quality measured by relevance, accuracy, timeliness, accessibility, comparability and coherence
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Sample design and selection
Chooses how many businesses or people to include in a survey
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Time series analysis
Data series where the measurement is taken at a number of equally spaced periods of time
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Weighting and estimation
Weighting enables population totals to be estimated
