1. CPD Programme for Policing Data Specialists Fundamentals
Needs Analysis Triangulation Where and how can I get more bang for my data buck..?
CPD Programme for Policing Data Specialists
Fundamentals
11th January 2018

2. In this session… Thinking again about ‘what are data’
Think about the use of other data sources to support problem identification and hypothesis testing
Expertise in the room on relevant sources of data
UK Data Service
Other online sources of data
Case studies:
Prof Brian Francis: Pulling police data from the web
Ms Sula Ross: Demographic study of Lancashire population and the impact on policing
Explore online resources

3. What are data? Quantitative Quantitative data Statistics Qualitative
Focus groups
Interviews
Case studies
Literature reviews
Briefing papers
Academic articles
Expert knowledge
Grey literature e.g. government, NGO or other reports, policy documents, etc

4. Improving problem identification and hypothesis testing using other sources of data
Research problems / research questions
Who else is / has worked on the problem
What do we already know / don’t know
Concepts and definition
Measurement frameworks: is there an agreed concept / definition / measurement framework?
How has the problem been conceptualised before? Is this useful to you or not?
Sources of data
Access
Cost
Reliability and validity
Ethics
Research Data Management
Collecting data
Units of measurement
Combining datasets
Data or statistics
In/appropriate extrapolation
Presenting data to contribute the solving the problem

5. What other sources of data do you use..?

6. UK Data Service
Funded by the ESRC to meet the data needs of researchers, students and teachers from all sectors, including academia. Data collections house here include major UK government-sponsored surveys, cross-national surveys, longitudinal studies, UK census data, international aggregate, business data, and qualitative data. The UK Data Service provides: access; support for policy-relevant research; guidance and training for the development of skills in data use; development of best practice data preservation and sharing standards; and facilitates the sharing of expertise with international data providers to remove barriers to accessing data:
Explore what is available here:
Register here: (so you can download data)
Explore training resources:
Find a data set which potentially contributes to your interests:
Are there any research papers logged with UK Data Service which are of interest to you?

7. Non-commercial use of UK Data Service datasets
Commercial / non-commercial users: Non-commercial use: Any individual employed by, or undertaking research for, any organisation, may use data even if this entails monetary reward, where a public good results from the use. Public good can be defined as an activity which widens access to information sourced from our collectionn and has social or economic benefit…

8. Other online resources to explore
Eurostat:
National Centre for Research Methods (NCRM):
Office for National Statistics - The UK's largest independent producer of official statistics and the recognised national statistical institute of the UK:
Radical Statistics – using statistics to support progressive social change:
Royal Statistical Society - world-leading organisation promoting the importance of statistics and data and a professional body for all statisticians and data analysts: (Significance magazine:
The Society of Evidence-based Policing (SEBP):
UK Statistics Authority:

9. How to find out more? How to find an expert?