ISGuides: Actuarial Mathematics & Statistics: Statistical Data Science Resources

Statistics

The resources and links on this page will be useful for anyone studying or interested in Statistics.

For help with maths and statistics problems, please see the Maths Gym

Included in this guide:

Introductory sources
Books
Databases
Journals
Professional Societies and Organisations

Can't find what you're looking for?

For help searching the library resources, see the Researching for assignments and projects page.

If you looking for information for an assignment or your research, and can't find what you're looking for, contact me at R.Whittington@hw.ac.uk

Introductory Sources

Statistics: A Very Short Introduction by Hand, D. J.
Call Number: online
ISBN: 9780199233564
Publication Date: 2008
Handbook of Mathematics by Ilja N. BronshteinKonstantin A. SemendyayevGerhard MusiolHeiner Muehlig
Call Number: Online
ISBN: 9783540721215
Publication Date: 2007

EMS Encyclopaedia of Mathematics
Open access resource. Springer, in cooperation with the European Mathematical Society, has made the content of this Encyclopedia freely open to the public.
Wolfram MathWorld
Khan Academy Statistics series
YouTube playlist of introductory videos on a range of statistics topics.

Databases and Resources

Key Resources for Actuarial Maths and Statistics
Highlights useful databases for AMS. Many more resources are available from Heriot-Watt. Please ask for help at your campus library, or contact Rachel Whittington, the Academic Support and Liaison Librarian for MACS, if you cannot find the information you need.
A-Z list of databases and electronic resources
Complete list of all Heriot-Watt databases and other electronic resources.

Data sources

Government Statistical Service (GSS) and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA)
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Statisticians working in the Government Statistical Service (GSS) and the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) produce and publish a wide range of statistical 'outputs' and 'products'. This page gives a list of of each of the organisations involved, as well as lists of their statistical products.
Office for National Statistics (UK)
Scottish Government Statistics
Scottish Neighborhood Statistics (SNS)
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This site provides access to a wide range of information and statistics on: health, education, poverty, unemployment, housing, population, crime and social/community issues in Scotland. The data is available at a range of different geographic levels.
Scottish statistics codes
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PDF provided by the National Records of Scotland which explains all the different ways of dividing up Scotland for statistical purposes (datazones, enterprise regions, urban rural classficiations, etc.)
UK Government Statistcs
National Records of Scotland (NRS)
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From 1 April 2011, the General Register Office for Scotland merged with the National Archives of Scotland to become the National Records of Scotland (NRS).
National Audit Office
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The National Audit Office (NAO) scrutinises public spending on behalf of Parliament. The NAO does not audit local government spending, publish statistical information or audit the spending of the devolved governments in the rest of the UK.
Audit Scotland
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Audit Scotland audit about 200 organisations. They include:

74 central government bodies (Scottish Government, NDPB's, Police Scotland, Scottish Fire and Rescue Service and others)

23 NHS bodies

32 councils

25 further education colleges

Scottish Water
Audit Commision (England)
Wales Audit office
Northern Ireland Audit Office (NIAO)

UK Data Service This link opens in a new window
Browse and search a wide range of data, including large-scale government surveys, international macrodata, business microdata, qualitative studies and census data from 1971 to 2011.

UK Historical Data Service
"The UK Historical Data repository has been developed jointly by the Bank of England, ESCoE and the Office for National Statistics. The site is both a repository of historical UK data and relevant statistical publications, as well as a hub that links to other data websites and sources."
European Commission Statistics (eurostat)

Journals

Professional Societies and Organisations

It is worth looking into relevant professional bodies:

for professional reasons e.g. networking, meetings, events etc
they often have library resources/services available to you e.g. journals we may not subscribe to, as well as briefings papers etc, that will keep you up to speed with developments in your area

Royal Statistical Society
The Operational Research Society
The OR Society is a professional membership body for
operation researchers, data scientists and analysts.