Professional Standards
The Government Social Research Unit (GSRU) has produced a series of guidance
documents and notes on professional standards. There are also a number of
other related pieces of guidance that can be useful to GSR members. Please
follow the links below to find out more.
GSR Professional Standards Guidance
- GSR code
- Ethics
in Government Social Research
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Procurement of government social research
- Freedom of Information (FoI) The Office for National
Statistics has produced guidance for government statisticians and social
researchers on implementing the FoI Act. This covers confidential data,
confidentiality, professional codes of conduct, contracts, copyright and
intellectual property and covers some frequently encountered issues.
Disclosure Control: GSS and GSR have agreed on the minimum standards necessary for disclosure control in order to ensure confidentiality of tabular outputs for public release. Two pieces of guidance are available:
GSR Methodological advice
Government Statistical Service
The GSS have an overatching Code of Practice and a series of protocols
covering all aspects of their work.
Other useful documents
-
Guidance for Communicating Research Evidence: A discussion of how
to present and communicate research findings for policy makers and practitioners
based on the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation principles.
- Keeping
survey records ([MRS website) Do you know how long survey records
(questionnaires and tapes) should be kept? Visit the Code/Guidelines section
of the MRS website to find the answer to this and learn about other issues
relating to record retention and data protection.
