Official Statistics.

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What are official statistics?
Numerical data collected by the government or state agencies such as the Department of Health.
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What is an example?
An example is the census which is a questionnaire survey carried out every 10 years on the whole population.
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What did Shaw do?
Shaw used official statistics to establish a relationship between deprived regions and poor health.
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Why is this important?
It is important because it demonstrates the inequalities in health services to different groups of people.
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What are some advantages of official statistics?
Easy to access - often available on the internet and therefore requires little work from researcher. Often very contemporary - occurring at that time/up to date and usually involves large representative samples - findings can therefore be generalized.
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What are some disadvantages of official statistics?
Official statistics are open to political abuse as they can me manipulated by the government to portray a certain message. They also don't represent the full picture e.g., crime statistics lack validity because of underreporting.
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