...of innovative data science and analytics techniques tailored to defence’s specific needs. But this can be difficult because our data is often sensitive for a variety of reasons. For example,...
...another Google Product, Data Studio. It’s specifically designed for sharing information in this format. You can refresh the data as often as you want so we’re taking advantage of that....
...dashboard This may be adequate for smaller scale sites but for GOV.UK we wanted to drill further and show terms by topics we were interested in, such as driving and...
...user needs for government services is 'how quickly can i get my thing'. This can be benefits, a registration, an application etc. We already show ‘Time on Transaction’ for Application...
...used to transform the experience of everyone who interacts with government. It forms a part of the government transformation strategy and the centralisation of data policy at DCMS is a...
...percentages, so it's useful to be able to see both for the full picture. For example, in 5 workforces – armed forces, firefighters, prison officers, tribunal judges and non-legal members...
...data frame from our database showing how each variable has its own column. Whatever one’s gardening preference, ensuring that our data was in a tidy format made it easier for...
...code open and reusable The team have a plan to open source the subsets of the code they are able to. We encourage them to do this sooner rather than...
...why to code in the open, supported by the Data Science Campus and the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Analytical Standards and Pipelines (ASaP) team demonstrations and case studies for...
...enabled consistency in techniques and statistical standards and as a result stakeholders had greater confidence in results. Better data for better decisions Robin, a senior data scientist at the Foreign...
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