Transforming the process of producing official statistics
...This combination of different expertise helped ensure we understood the data and the process as well as the code, which we quickly realised was crucial in the initial phase of...
...This combination of different expertise helped ensure we understood the data and the process as well as the code, which we quickly realised was crucial in the initial phase of...
...surprising: 53% of the time, manual coders disagreed about how a survey should be coded. We can see this in the chart below, which shows how often volunteer coders applied...
...understand and comment on. We decided to use Jupyter Notebook to document our experiments, because it allows us to write both code and free-form text, and expose the notebook via...
...code open and reusable- point 15 The service team should continue the work to open their source code. Testing the end to end service - Point 17 Ensure the service...
...was standardised (e.g. 'Epsom & Ewell' was always named 'Epsom and Ewell'), an 'ONS name' table was imported into the database too. This table contained local authority names, ONS codes...
...look for specific accessibility content issues. We wrote it in Python, as it’s a GDS-supported programming language, and structured the code in a way that allowed us to write and...
...discussion with the Analytical Systems and Pipelines Hub on a training series on reproducible coding. Voluntary Application of the Code of Practice for Statistics: The Code of Practice for Statistics...
...panel were glad to see that improvements had been made since Alpha. The team have immediate plans to open up validation engine code, to support the external software providers, who...
...code open and reusable, and the team told us that DVLA as a whole is now proposing to adopt this process. The process will include additional controls, reflecting the organisation’s...
...make it quicker to roll out updates and improvements. Point 15 - Make all new source code open and reusable, and publish it under appropriate licences (or give a convincing...