This one-day course is aimed at those who need to work with data that have been collected for other purposes or as a by-product of other activities. These secondary data can include government statistics, administrative records, transactional data, or information gathered through digital platforms. The course will explore the opportunities and challenges of using such data, including issues of quality, relevance, and ethical considerations. Practical techniques for sourcing, cleaning and aligning secondary data will be explored.

If you are interested in this course you may also be interested in our Data to Decisions: Statistical Analysis in Practice course and/or our preceding From Data to Decisions: Collecting Primary Data with Surveys & Experiments course.

See our full range of courses (and options for bespoke courses) at https://go.herts.ac.uk/sscu or contact the course organiser, Professor Neil Spencer, at statistics@herts.ac.uk.