Public Health Scotland: Statistical revisions guidance
Version 3.0
- Published
- 02 May 2023 (Latest release)
- Type
- Reference materials
- Author
- Public Health Scotland
- Corporate information
This document sets out the procedures for managing and recording revisions to published statistics released by Public Health Scotland (PHS).
This document has been written to provide guidance to staff on how to handle a revision to the data after it has been placed in the public domain in line with the Code of Practice for Statistics (published in February 2018 and revised in May 2022).
The key aim is to ensure that revisions are:
- managed in a professional manner
- taken with the appropriate authority and justification
- properly communicated and documented
This document provides:
- the definition of a revision as detailed in the Code of Practice for Statistics
- guidance in respect of the management of revisions to PHS publications
- information on the assessment and classification of errors
- instructions on how to apply revisions, including corrections to published data
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Older versions of this publication
Versions of this publication released before 16 March 2020 may be found on the Data and Intelligence, Health Protection Scotland or Improving Health websites.