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Why is understanding trade union membership from survey data harder than it might first seem?
Rhys Davies explores how he uncovered problems with official UK government figures on trade union presence and coverage – and how the government recognised and corrected the error.
Making open psychological datasets more accessible and useful for research and teaching
Cameron Brick on using the diverse range of openly available psychological data, including from the UK Data Service.
Developing a new way of measuring poverty
Emily Harris and Matthew Oakley from the Social Metrics Commission’s Secretariat introduce the release of the code underlying the Commission’s new poverty measure.
CESSDA ERIC Checklist for the Usage of Persistent Identifiers
This document contains a checklist for the use of Persistent Identifiers (PID) within CESSDA ERIC. It addresses issues that need to be considered by CESSDA Service Providers planning to implement P...
CESSDA Webinar: Aspects of Digital Life
Slides from CESSDA Webinar on Aspects of Digital Life How can we understand the impact of computers and the internet on everyday life? Computers, the internet as well as technologies in a broader...
Becoming a safe researcher
Ben Brindle, a PhD student at the University of Brighton and one of our #DataImpactFellows, discusses what he learnt on the UK Data Service’s Safe Researcher training course recently.