Social Statistics Section

Who we are

The RSS Social Statistics Section arranges an annual programme of meetings on social statistics. The Section Committee may also form study groups for the examination and study of particular problems. The aims and objectives of the Section are:

• To be concerned with the collection, dissemination, analysis, and interpretation of statistical data  in all fields of social inquiry.
• To aim to provide a forum for discussion and dissemination of a wide range of issues, methods and findings in the area of social statistics.

The main means by which this is achieved is through the programme of meetings. The remit and activities of the Section are likely to be of interest to a wide range of audiences, in particular

• Statisticians working in areas related to social statistics.
• Researchers who carry out empirical social research using quantitative data.
• Users of results of empirical social research, for example in the public and private sectors, politics and the media.

These will include many people who would not consider themselves primarily (or at all) as “statisticians” and are not members of the Section. We encourage such people to get involved in our activities, and make sure that its meetings are generally accessible to non-statisticians.