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Not real – but really useful: synthetic data – a cost-benefit analysis of its practical value
Jools Kasmire and Christina Magder introduce synthetic data, how it’s used, and what fidelity means, before introducing us to a project exploring the benefits of low-fidelity synthetic data....
The voices behind the data: how the UK Data Service connects numbers with stories
Eve Little, one of our new Research Impact and Engagement Managers, shares her five standout picks from the UK Data Service Impact blog.
The voices in the data: how the UK Data Service helps us hear what is often missed
Sophie Gawryla, one of our new Research Impact and Engagement Managers, shares her favourite five posts from the UK Data Service Impact blog.
Grow your policy impact through CLOSER’s Policy Surgeries
Jay Dominy, from UCL and CLOSER, introduces CLOSER’s new monthly Policy Surgeries and encourages researchers interested in informing policy to sign-up.
Discussion panel: Data are plural, so are data stewards!
For longtime members of IASSIST, the annual conference has been a chance to overcome the isolation of doing data support in siloed institutions. Here, we look to the innovative European model of da...
Collecting new data for innovative research
Jim Vine from Understanding Society gives an overview of the new types of data being collected as part of the Innovation Panel, the UK Household Longitudinal Study’s test bed for survey methods....