Statistics representing society: How well or poorly do statistics represent society, and what are the impacts of this on how they are used and valued?
Background
To deliver against our vision of statistics that serve the public good, in OSR we describe our work under the headings of how statistics are produced, how they are used, and how they are valued. However, in practice it is natural that elements of our work and interests cut across all of these three areas. Some of the questions we are interested in span multiple areas of our mission (how statistics are produced, used and valued).
Next steps
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Source
This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
Topics
Related UKRI funded projects
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Understanding data, understanding society: using quantitative narratives to embed evidence, argument and data within the undergraduate curriculum
Repeated reports by the ESRC have pointed to the shortage of social science undergraduate students with even basic quantitative methods skills. This is a situation that is harmful to the on-going viability and vitality o...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of Bristol
Why might this be relevant?
The project aims to create a cross-disciplinary social sciences curriculum that uses quantitative narratives to teach the principles and concepts of quantitative methods, which directly addresses the question of how well statistics represent society and their impacts on how they are used and valued.
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Understanding Society Through Secondary Data Analysis: Quantitative Methods over the Undergraduate Life Course
In the UK we have several large and complex datasets that reveal a lot of information about the characteristics of the general population. One of the main ESRC investments is a new study called "Understanding Societ...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of Lincoln
Why might this be relevant?
The project focuses on creating new versions of a large dataset called 'Understanding Society' that will be accessible to undergraduate students, and developing teaching resources for students to work through, which partially addresses the question of how well statistics represent society and their impacts on how they are used and valued.
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Workshops for Teachers of Quantitative Methods for Social Science Undergraduates
This proposal is for a series of workshops for teachers, or would-be teachers, of quantitative research methods for social-science undergraduates. Quantitative methods include statistical theory, survey questionnaire des...
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of Oxford
Why might this be relevant?
The project focuses on how statistics are used in social science education, partially addressing the question about the impacts of statistics on society.