Administrative Data Research Centre - Scotland

行政数据（即主要为行政目的收集的信息）长期以来一直为中央政府和其他统计数据做出贡献。然而，在过去的15-20年里，技术进步见证了一场革命，中央和地方政府以及英国各地的专业机构建立了非常大的行政数据库。这种数据库的存在增加了一种可能性，即行政数据可能以令人烦恼的形式成为社会科学学术研究的核心资源。许多北欧国家（特别是丹麦、芬兰、挪威和瑞典）在这方面走得更远，因为它们从1980年代以来更加强调发展国家“登记数据”，以取代国家人口普查和主要调查。例如，丹麦统计局现在将其大部分国家统计数据建立在“登记数据”的基础上，这些数据既可以纵向联系，也可以在不同类型的登记（如卫生、教育、收入）之间联系起来。在英国也有类似潜力的数据集。他们代表了英国社会科学研究界丰富的潜在研究资源。然而，总的来说，由于各种原因，英国的学术社会科学界很难获得这些潜在的强大数据集。2011年，行政数据工作组成立，“目的是为了改善研究和政策目的的政府行政数据的获取和联系”。其中一项建议是在联合王国的每个国家成立行政数据研究中心（ADRC）。苏格兰ADRC将致力于为研究提供去识别数据，这些数据将产生国际重要的发现，并指导政策的制定、实施和评估。它将特别注重在数据提供者、研究人员和公众之间建立信任，并将采用治理、专业实践和公众参与的最高国际标准。ADRC将拥有一项核心服务，该服务将：-为经过认证的研究人员提供最先进的研究访问去识别管理数据的设施-为外部研究人员访问数据提供数据管理和统计分析支持功能-参与培训，能力建设和公众参与以及一套发展工作包，这些工作包将：-使用相关的行政数据和重要的分析和方法方法进行原始研究，支持创建研究有用的数据集-探索法律环境的重要方面和公众对ADRC自然会参与的新联系的可接受性，它将通过一个支持单位为研究人员提供一个单一的，苏格兰ADRC的初始联络点-数据科学家的中心团队-研究行政数据集并通过支持单位支持研究人员-广泛的合作学者圈子-涵盖行政数据持有部门的范围，推动数据科学家（中央团队）和定制的研究项目-更广泛的学术界/研究人员圈子由ADRC支持，培训和参与

Administrative data (that is, information collected primarily for administrative purposes) has long contributed to central government and other statistics. However in the last 15-20 years, technological advancement has seen something of a revolution with the formation of very large administrative databases held by central and local government, and by specialist agencies across the UK. The existence of such databases raises the possibility that administrative data could become, in an annoymised form, a core resource for social science academic research. Many northern European countries (notably Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden) are further ahead in this regard, as they have placed much greater emphasis on developing national 'register data' from the 1980s onwards, to replace national censuses and major surveys. For example, Statistics Denmark now bases most of its national statistics on 'register data' which can be linked both longitudinally and between registers of different types (e.g. health, education, income). Datasets with very similar potential now exist in the UK. They represent a rich potential research resource for the UK social science research community. However, on the whole, the academic social science community in the UK has had difficulty gaining access to these potential powerful datasets for a variety of reasons. In 2011 the Administrative Data Taskforce was formed with the 'aim of improving access to and linkage between government administrative data for research and policy purposes'. One of its recommendations was the formation of Administrative Data Research Centres (ADRC) in each of the countries of the UK. A Scottish ADRC will aim to make de-identified data available for research that will produce internationally important findings and guide the development, implementation and evaluation of policy. It will particularly focus on building trust between data providers, researchers and the public and will adopt the highest international standards of governance, professional practise and public engagement.The ADRC will have a core service that will: - provide state-of-the-art facilities for research access to de-identified administrative data by accredited researchers - provide data management and statistical analysis support functions for external researchers accessing the data - engage in training, capacity building, and public engagementand a set of developmental work packages that will: - conduct original research using linked administrative data and important analytical and methodological approaches that support the creation of research useful datasets - Explore important aspects of the legal environment and public acceptability of the new linkages that the ADRC's will naturally be engaged withit will do this through - A support unit providing researchers with a single, initial point of contact for the Scottish ADRC - A central team of data scientists - researching administrative datasets and supporting researchers through the support unit - A wide circle of collaborating academics - covering the spectrum of administrative data holding sectors driving forward the data scientists (central team) and bespoke research projects - A wider circle of academics/ researchers supported, trained and engaged by the ADRC