Guidance

Joined up data in government: the future of data linking methods

This cross-government review contains contributed articles on state-of-the-art data linking methods and makes recommendations for government data linkage.

• From: Office for National Statistics and Government Analysis Function
• Published: 25 August 2020
• Last updated: 16 July 2021 — See all updates

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Joined up data in government: the future of data linking methods

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Quality assessment in data linkage

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Longitudinal linkage of administrative data; design principles and the total error framework

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Privacy-Preserving Record Linkage in the context of a National Statistics Institute

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Linking with anonymised data – how not to make a hash of it

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Efficient procedures for linking datasets for the purpose of fitting statistical models

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Splink: MoJ’s open source library for probabilistic record linkage at scale

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Implementation plan

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Glossary

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Details

This cross-government review set out to research data linking methods and understand the associated challenges faced by government. Specific focus was given to identifying and researching state-of-the-art data linkage methods and developing a set of recommendations for government to improve data linkage.

The review contains a series of contributed articles from recognised data linkage experts across government, academia, the third sector and internationally on state-of-the-art methods, application and their potential applicability for government. These articles have been peer reviewed by other leading experts and have contributed to a set of recommendations to improve data linking across government.

This review is for anyone interested in data linkage, doing data linkage or working with linked data.

Published 25 August 2020
Last updated 16 July 2021 + show all updates

1. 16 July 2021

   Published implementation plan and updated Derive and Conquer image

2. 25 August 2020

   Edited review title - Joined up data in government: the future of data linking methods

3. 25 August 2020

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4. 25 August 2020

   First published.