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  UK Statistics Authority criticises manner of release of statistics that are "highly vulnerable to misinterpretation"
Jan 26, 2012
The UK Statistics Authority has criticised the way that the government's work and pensions ministry released statistics on welfare claimants published in a report by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP)
  Design, analysis and reporting of BMJ scientific misconduct survey was lacking – Sheila Bird
Jan 18, 2012
Professor Sheila Bird has questioned the BMJ's conclusion that scientific misconduct is “alive and well” in the UK on the basis that its survey was blighted by numerous design flaws.
  Young Statisticians 'Writing for Significance' competition
Jan 12, 2012
The Significance Young Statisticians competition is open for entries and there is still plenty of time to submit your article and take part.
  Economist Kate Barker joins calls for swift, open review of CPI
Jan 11, 2012
Adding her voice to concerns about the credibility of official inflation figures, the economist Kate Barker CBE has urged the UK Statistics Authority to encourage the ONS to conduct its investigation into the Consumer Price Index (CPI) “as swiftly as possible, but without skimping on sound consultation or on statistical resource.”
  Business Recorder urges Pakistan government to follow UK official statistics model
Jan 10, 2012
Although new governance provisions for the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) announced by the Pakistan government have received a generally positive response, there have been calls to follow the UK model and make the appointment of the chief statistician accountable to the parliament.
  MPs endorse appointment of Andrew Dilnot as next Statistics Authority chair
Dec 14, 2011
Following a debate in the House of Commons, MPs have formally endorsed the appointment of Andrew Dilnot to succeed Sir Michael Scholar as chair of the UK Statistics Authority.
  Significance - Competitions? You want 'em, we got 'em!
Nov 30, 2011
The Young Statisticians Section of the RSS is hosting, with Significance, a writing competition. Write something about statistics, in magazine article style; the prize is publication.
  Volunteers sought to help influence media reporting of medical research
Nov 15, 2011
Would you like to help influence how medical research is reported in the media by joining a network of volunteer statisticians to review medical research papers and press releases before they appear as stories in the lay media?
  Home Office press release “irregular and inconsistent” with Code of Practice, says UK Statistics Authority
Nov 15, 2011
The “fact and manner” of a Home Office press release on drug seizures is “irregular and inconsistent with the statutory Code of Practice” according to the chair of the UK Statistics Authority, Sir Michael Scholar.
  UK Statistics Authority and the Code of Practice have vital role to play in open government – Sir Michael Scholar
Nov 7, 2011
The UK Statistics Authority has asserted that its guardianship of official statistics will be critical in the coalition government's ambition of making 'open government' a reality, and highlighted the importance of the Code of Practice for Official Statistics.
 
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