The Scottish Government

Following the success of the first Measuring Change and Monitoring Targets workshop in Fife (held in Markinch on 21st April 2009) another event was run on 9th June 2009, this time in Kirkcaldy.

The following presentations were given by analysts from Scottish Government and Fife Council:

Issues to consider when setting a target

Analysing survey data

(to see the version of this presentation that shows how to use the principles to select a sample size, and access the accompanying excel spreadsheet for choosing a sample size, see http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Statistics/scotstat/analystsnetwork/SurveysEdinburgh)

Using administrative data

Scotland Performs and the National Performance Framework

Audit of Best Value

The Local Outcomes Indicators Project

Performance Indicators: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. A report of the Royal Statistical Society.

To see the RSS report, see: http://www.rss.org.uk/PDF/PerformanceMonitoring.pdf

Update:

The points of discussion from the afternoon session on performance monitoring in Fife have been combined with those from the second run of this workshop and are available here.