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| AS far as I know - catches everyone in at right time - I suppose so |
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| Basically its such a wide remit of subjects we hit the nail on the head sometimes |
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| Because a lot of the figures are broadcast and you see them a lot-so they're up front |
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| Can't believe they would still be functioning after this long time if they had always been. |
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| Could do better, need to monitor better the odd figures that throw the statistics; room for improvement |
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| Depends on people's responses - but think is generally accurate |
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| Figures are reguatly collected published and as good as you can get and not challenged greatly |
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| Generally a sound basis on the way the statistics are collected |
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| Gives out misleading information. Govt only gives out the statistics it wants |
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| Good for business but unsure about general availability suggest internet for younger generation |
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| I accept that most of the figures are correct-they reflect quite well the trends |
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| I have confidence in the way they collect dtatistics from people as individuals |
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| Interested in RPI and house prices and av wages |
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| PROBABLY DO A GOOD JOB BUT STATS COULD BE MISUSED |
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| Thinks invaluable job (uses in his work) |
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| appear to do good job |
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| assume people properly trained in statistics |
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| averages are useful |
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| aware of them due to my job |
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| because of forces exerted on it and because figs are treated in a simplistic way |
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| by question being asked |
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| collecting it is done well and ons interprets and publishes good information its what the polictians do to them when they get them that worries the public |
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| collecting stats O K interpretation is faulty |
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| compares favourably to what I see |
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| cos im anserwing as correctly as i can otherwise everybodys time s wasted isnt it |
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| depends what govt does with them |
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| done properly;very detailed questions |
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| everyone needs figures and they are very accurate for management. Necessary within large companies |
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| experience and knowledge of how to do it |
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| figures collected ok but afterwards....... |
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| figures seem generally accepted |
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| general impression |
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| generally believe figures quoted |
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| getting info that the govt wouldn't normally get |
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| give the country good guidance of what is going on |
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| give useful indication for the way things are |
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| given the rules by which they are told to collect the data they do ok |
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| gov policies depend on their accuracy compared to other agencies |
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| govt dept has someone to oversee its correctly done |
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| have used the4 services of ons |
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| high profile in press |
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| i dont know of any other way of doing it but you have to be a little sceptical |
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| i use the figures and trust them |
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| i use them for my assignments |
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| i watch the figures on teleyext and they are published on a regular basis they are never queeried |
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| i,ve never really got the impression that its inconsistant or otherwise innacurate |
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| independant body |
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| isupose so yes its averages so its fairly similar |
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| it does a reasonable job / but i would question the source / they come out regularly... |
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| it does well under the circumstances |
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| its a job that needs to be done and they are perhaps the ones to do it |
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| most reliable barometer, no-one else to contest them |
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| must be doing good job or they would not be there |
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| no adverse publicity |
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| no alternative |
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| no choice but to do a good job at what we are told to do |
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| no other reason to say otherwise |
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| no reason to distrust the information;its generally trusted |
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| not terribly effective - people having to go round having to see people - must miss lots of people - no real efficient way of doing it - as good as it can |
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| nothing to disprove it |
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| people who give answers must be true |
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| problems are so complex but they do a good job |
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| quite interesting |
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| respected as an independemt source of information |
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| somebodies got to do it |
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| somebody has to find out information |
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| somebody has to produce statistics |
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| statistician |
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| the figures are there, so at least they have made an effort to collect the data |
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| they are regular in what they do but stats are open to interpretation. |
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| they do a good job but how accurate they are is another matter... |
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| they do a good job of collecting and publishing what they are told to do, but it doesnt mean its correct |
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| they have to- they have to be seen to be doing their job even if figs are wrong |
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| they seem usefully accurate |
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| they with a very complex subject |
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| thinks i am a nice guy |
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| thorough methods |
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| truer response as wego round asking people |
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| very thorough job |
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| witness ample publicity |
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| working within policies |
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| you go house to house and get as much detail as you can and do a cross section on a random basis |
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