The trouble with statistics
Reusers of open government data want simple, standard, easy to use data formats that allow rapid access to the relevant…
Read more on The trouble with statisticsTry customising data in our new Alpha
We’ve been building an Alpha that will allow users to customise ONS data. Today we’re allowing our Alpha out into…
Read more on Try customising data in our new AlphaDescribing ONS datasets with standard vocabularies
Last week I published some open data publishing principles that can inform further development of the Data Discovery Alpha. This week I’ve begun turning those principles into actionable recommendations.
Read more on Describing ONS datasets with standard vocabulariesSome open data publishing principles
This week I’ve started working with the Digital Publishing team at the ONS. They’re currently hard at work on the Data Discovery Alpha exploring how to better support users in finding and accessing datasets.
Read more on Some open data publishing principlesThe ‘emotional’ side of data
The following blog post is written by Karen Gask, Data Scientist. Working in our Big Data team means working with…
Read more on The ‘emotional’ side of dataIntroducing the Data Science Campus
[A guest post from David Johnson, Data Science Campus Start-up Manager] “[Better use of data] has the potential to transform…
Read more on Introducing the Data Science CampusTime for some (series) updates
Today we have launched some fairly substantial changes to the individual time series pages on the website, as mentioned in…
Read more on Time for some (series) updatesWhat we can do with prices data scraped from the web?
ONS has recently published updated research into using web scraping technologies in the calculation of consumer price statistics. Read for…
Read more on What we can do with prices data scraped from the web?Introducing the Big Data team
My name is Jane Naylor and I’m Head of the Big Data team at the ONS. The team was…
Read more on Introducing the Big Data teamDueling with datasets
As you will already have noticed, there have been some big changes to the way data is structured on the…
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