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).
If you would like to share evidence or collaborate with us on any of these areas, please contact us at research.function@statistics.gov.uk.
This question was published as part of the set of ARIs in this document:
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
The project focuses on teaching quantitative methods and statistics to students, which indirectly relates to how statistics represent society.
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
The project involves the use of large datasets to understand society, which is related to the use and value of statistics in representing society.
When social science researchers wish to carry out research into a specific problem, if they choose a quantitative approach they will collect either new data or existing data and perform statistical analysis on this data....
Funded by: ESRC
Lead research organisation: University of Bristol
The project aims to train social science researchers in new quantitative research methods and statistical software, which is related to the production and use of statistics in society.