The ONS Quality Centre leads in the development of quality tools for the Office for National Statistics and plays a part in promoting best practice more widely around the Government Statistical Service.
The Quality Centre also works with other National Statistics Institutes on projects to improve statistical quality.
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Administration of the Quality Improvement Fund
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Guidelines for measuring statistical quality
Provides a framework to assist producers of government statistics when reporting on data quality issues.
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Providing information to users of ONS statistics (metadata)
Aiding business areas to provide quality information to users of ONS statistics
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Quality, Methods & Harmonisation Tool
A self-assessment tool to help the GSS prepare for assessment
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Quality Training in the ONS
Quality Training in the ONS
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Standards and Guidance Database
Quality Centre maintain a database of desk notes and guidance from across the office
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Survey Control Unit
The work of the GSS Survey Control Unit in monitoring and reducing burden on respondents
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Work with the GSS
Work of the Quality Centre contributing to quality improvements throughout the GSS
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Work in Europe
Quality Centre’s involvement in quality work across the European Statistical System (ESS)
