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Analytical tools
Analytical tools - Toolkits
Toolkits are resources and case studies which providing to support to enable better understanding and use of data and information.
- DescriptionThis report assesses key small area datasets for target setting, performance monitoring and wider contextual analysis.
- Linkhttp://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/localgovernment/neighb
ourhooddata
- DescriptionChange over Time Analysis (CoTA) Viewer is a visual tool which assists the analysis of change over time for small areas. The tool enables users to benchmark change in a local area (LSOA, LA etc.) against a set of comparators in order to monitor performance or establish whether deprived neighbourhoods are closing the gap with their parent District
- Linkhttp://neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/Info.do;jess
ionid=ac1f930c30d75f680b0cedb94358b75a8ac0280a93d8?m=0&s=12466298
07063&enc=1&page=analysisandguidance/analysisarticles/change-over
-time---guidance.htm&nsjs=true&nsck=true&nssvg=false&nswid=1272
- DescriptionThese tools are intended to help users understand their local child poverty context, to help engage partners and to understand how policy should be developed. The toolkit includes: a short power point presentation generated specifically for a users area with context, high level up-to-date indicators, and national and regional comparators; and a longer, data rich, presentation generated a users area with assistance on how to interpret trends;
- Linkhttp://www.childpovertytoolkit.org.uk/Data-Tools
- DescriptionDiscusses the importance of data sharing in neighbourhood renewal delivery
- Linkhttp://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/corporate/datasharing
- DescriptionNine-step guide to preparing and developing a local economic assessment. The guide uses case studies from local authorities that have developed an evidence base
- Linkhttp://www.idea.gov.uk/idk/core/page.do?pageId=8712709
- DescriptionThis tool provides information on the following: The current life expectancy in each local authority, and in the most deprived quintile of each local authority; the current gap in life expectancy between the most deprived quintile and the local authority as a whole for all areas, and between the local authority and England for spearhead areas; an analysis of the contribution of causes of death to the gap between the most deprived quintile of the local authority and a variety of comparators.
- Linkhttp://www.lho.org.uk/HEALTH_INEQUALITIES/Health_Inequalities_Too
l.aspx
- DescriptionThis toolkit is designed to help councils: assess their current progress, benchmark their progress with others and understand what they need to do to improve their performance.
- Linkhttp://www.userfocus.audit-commission.gov.uk/KycHome.aspx
- DescriptionThe Locally Held Administrative Data (LHAD) project exists to find and assess the potential of data outside of the mainstream of existing supply (which is almost exclusively from Government Departments at present).
- Linkhttp://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/Info.do?
page=aboutneighbourhood/otherinitiatives/lhadproject/lhad-project
.htm
- DescriptionAudit Commission produced guidance for interpreting numbers and data. Provides information on appropriate statistical measurements and chart solutions to use for people working with data.
- Linkhttp://www.audit-commission.gov.uk/performance-information/data-a
nalysis-and-presentation/Pages/making-the-numbers-work.aspx
- DescriptionProviding advice on the quality and availability of data relating to housing affordability. It is intended to be a resource, particularly for those with less experience in understanding the housing market as well as those making decisions about planning for housing.
- Linkhttp://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://www.communitie
s.gov.uk/nhpau/keypublications/research/measuringhousingaffordabi
lity/
- DescriptionExamines the best ways to present tables, charts and statistical maps in order to make it easy for readers to understand and interpret the data, and identify any key patterns or trends.
- Linkhttp://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/Info.do?
page=userguide/detailedguidance/statisticalpresentation/best-prac
tice-key-principles.htm
- DescriptionWhat is a thematic map and how to use them?
- Linkhttp://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/Info.do?
page=userguide/detailedguidance/thematicmaps/best-practice-mappin
g.htm
- DescriptionConsiders how the datasets available on the Neighbourhood Statistics website can be used to help analyse patterns of work deprivation.
- Linkhttp://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/HTMLDocs/images/CaseSt
udies_WorkDeprivation_tcm97-51120.pdf
- DescriptionExplaining how metadata is used to provide information on a dataset.
- Linkhttp://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/Info.do?
page=userguide/detailedguidance/datasetinformation/dataset-inform
ation.htm
- DescriptionDescribes the ways in which geographic referencing is used to collect and publish Neighbourhood Statistics for England and Wales.
- Linkhttp://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/Info.do?
page=aboutneighbourhood/geography/geography.htm
- DescriptionShows how the interpretation of a single dataset can change when considering data presented at different geographies.
- Linkhttp://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/HTMLDocs/images/CaseSt
udies_Geography_tcm97-51119.pdf
- DescriptionHow to interpret time series data.
- Linkhttp://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/Info.do?
page=userguide/detailedguidance/timeseries/time-series-guidance.h
tm
- DescriptionGuidance for Neighbourhood Statistics users who are looking to either advance their knowledge of a new topic area or who are interested in ways of analysing and interpreting data.
- Linkhttp://neighborhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/Info.do?page=
userguide/detailedguidance/casestudies/case-studies-home.htm
- DescriptionThe guide highlights a range of data sources suitable for analysing the experience of minority ethnic groups in Britain for a wide range of topic areas, from education and employment to crime and safety.
- Linkhttp://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/Info.do?
page=aboutneighbourhood/ethnicity/ethnicity.htm
- DescriptionLook up of all indicators held on NeSS
- Linkhttp://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/Info.do?
page=aboutneighbourhood/indicators/indicators-analysis.htm
- DescriptionThis case study introduces the concept of indicators, and outlines the reasons we may wish to create them.
- Linkhttp://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/Info.do?
page=userguide/detailedguidance/casestudies/anintroductiontoindic
ators/case-studies-indicators.htm
- DescriptionExplaining the use of rate data
- Linkhttp://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/Info.do?
page=userguide/detailedguidance/standardiseddata/standardised-dat
a.htm
- DescriptionThe study is aimed at anyone interested in educational attainment or someone keen to understand different ways of viewing data.
- Linkhttp://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/Info.do?
page=userguide/detailedguidance/casestudies/educationalachievemen
t/case-studies-education.htm
- DescriptionThis study highlights how the most recent of the classifications, the Output Area Classification, has been created. It also investigates what the classification can show, and highlights its potential uses.
- Linkhttp://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/Info.do?
page=userguide/detailedguidance/casestudies/censusareaclassificat
ion/case-studies-classification.htm
- DescriptionThe purpose of this study is to examine patterns of crime at different geographical levels.
- Linkhttp://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/Info.do?
page=userguide/detailedguidance/casestudies/chartsandcrime/case-s
tudies-crime.htm
- DescriptionIllustrates the importance of using confidence intervals when analysing data.
- Linkhttp://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/Info.do?
page=userguide/detailedguidance/casestudies/confidenceintervals/c
ase-studies-confidence.htm
- DescriptionThe study investigates the concept of using multiple datasets to help highlight areas that may be at a higher risk for health problems.
- Linkhttp://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/Info.do?
page=userguide/detailedguidance/casestudies/mapsandhealth/case-st
udies-health.htm
- DescriptionThis case study illustrates how simple indicators can be created from count data held on Neighbourhood Statistics.
- Linkhttp://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/Info.do?
page=userguide/detailedguidance/casestudies/indicatorsfrommultipl
esources/case-studies-using-neighbourhood-stats.htm
- DescriptionDetails of key policy documents provided on NeSS
- Linkhttp://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/dissemination/Info.do?
page=aboutneighbourhood/reportsandpolicies/ness-reports-policy-do
cs.htm
- DescriptionToolkit to help implement performance management systems
- Linkhttp://www.idea.gov.uk/idk/core/page.do?pageId=4405776
- DescriptionTechnical advice on the use of neighbourhood-level data to help inform regeneration activities
- Linkhttp://www.communities.gov.uk/publications/localgovernment/neighb
ourhoodpracticalguides
- DescriptionProvides a list of the main socially excluded groups and the projects used to help to improve the lives of people in the group.
- Linkhttp://www.esd.org.uk/Solutions4Inclusion/groupsearch.aspx
- DescriptionProvides a list of the main social exclusion problems and the projects used to address the problems.
- Linkhttp://www.esd.org.uk/Solutions4Inclusion/Problemsearch.aspx
- DescriptionThe SELD (Supporting Evidence for Local Delivery) programme was introduced by the Neighbourhood Renewal Unit (NRU) in 2005 to test out approaches to promoting better use of data, research and evidence in neighbourhood renewal through technical assistance to local partnerships.
- Linkhttp://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/+/http://www.communitie
s.gov.uk/communities/neighbourhoodrenewal/seld/
- DescriptionThe Centre for Local Economic Strategies provide updates of all resources produced for Supporting Evidence for Local Delivery (SELD): North West
- Linkhttp://www.creatingexcellence.org.uk/regeneration-item-evidence01
-htm.html
- DescriptionThis guide is intended to be a short, practical resource for anyone in any health system who is responsible for using indicators to monitor and improve performance, systems or outcomes.
- Linkhttp://www.apho.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=44584
- DescriptionThis guide is intended to be a short, practical resource for anyone in any health system who is responsible for using indicators to monitor and improve performance, systems or outcomes. The guide provides advice in selecting and interpreting appropriate indicators to monitor performance in health outcomes.
- Linkhttp://www.apho.org.uk/resource/item.aspx?RID=44584
- DescriptionThe Virtual Microdata Laboratory (VML) is a facility within the Office for National Statistics (ONS) which enables access to restricted microdata for research purposes. Researchers from government and academia use the VML to carry out research on ONS surveys and other confidential datasets.
- Linkhttp://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/about-ons/who-we-are/services/vml/index
.html
- DescriptionThis toolkit supports the use of Neighbourhood Statistics data by providing: Guidance on appropriate statistical methods, equations for common statistics, case studies showing best practice, common pitfalls in the analysis of data
- Linkhttp://www.neighbourhood.statistics.gov.uk/HTMLDocs/images/Introd
uctionneighbourhoodstatistics_tcm97-58967.pdf
- DescriptionA toolkit for neighbourhood management initiatives
- Linkhttp://www.sqw.co.uk/nme/downloads/ISD_2007toolkit_FINAL.pdf
- DescriptionCase study of how council data can be linked to other information sources to provide up-to-date small area population profiles.
- Linkhttp://www.idea.gov.uk/idk/core/page.do?pageId=7137238
- DescriptionWorkforce profiling can be used for the development of good employment targets for under-represented groups. It provides baseline data that enables the council to decide whether or not their workforce is reflective of the local community and put in place actions to address this. This toolkit helps develop workforce profiling.
- Linkhttp://www.idea.gov.uk/idk/core/page.do?pageId=7216646
