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Pay Gap Trends #5 – Has pay gap reporting narrowed the gender pay gap?

May 13, 2022 By Nigel Marriott

Disinterested employers were 20% less likely than engaged employers to have narrowed their UK gender pay gap between 2017 & 2021 .  I draw this conclusion from a statistical model using ~6,000 employers which removed the effect of confounders such as size, sector, furlough, gender ratio, etc.  Once accounted for, I found 61% of those reporting their pay gap for 2019 had narrowed their pay gap by 2021 compared to 55% of those not reporting 2019 data.

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Filed Under: Diversity Tagged With: Gender Pay Gap, GLM, logistic regression, pay gap trends, Pay Modelling, trend analysis

UK Weather Tracker #63 – April 2022

May 2, 2022 By Nigel Marriott

My mother got me excited today when she said she had read it was the driest April since 1842 but she was mistaken unfortunately.  It was drier than usual and given March was also dry, the UK is on track for a dry Spring.  Otherwise April 2022 was completely unremarkable.
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Filed Under: Archive Tagged With: Index, Presenting data, Weather, Weather Tracker

Pay Gap Data #5 – Where can I find gender pay gap data for 2021?

May 1, 2022 By Nigel Marriott

This post was updated on 1st May 2022 with the latest data

The government requires all organisations employing 250 or more employees to submit gender pay gap data.  All data is available to the public and can be found on the government’s gender pay gap website.  I have downloaded this data and created a spreadsheet tool to present the data in a more user-friendly and visual format.

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Filed Under: Archive Tagged With: 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, data quality, Gender Pay Gap, pay gap data, Presenting data

UK Weather Tracker #62 – March 2022

April 4, 2022 By Nigel Marriott

It was a warm and sunny March this year in the UK.  In fact it was the 2nd sunniest March on record.
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Filed Under: Archive Tagged With: Index, Presenting data, Weather, Weather Tracker

6 Nations History #2 – The men’s story so far in 2022

March 26, 2022 By Nigel Marriott

The 2022 Six Nations (Men’s) ended with France beating England to win their 1st Grand Slam and 6 Nations title since 2010.  Ireland ran them close scoring 24 tries in all (joint 2nd highest on record) and Italy won their 1st game in 36 matches in dramatic fashion in Cardiff.  England, Wales and Scotland all disappointed their fans and have questions to answer.

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Filed Under: Sport Tagged With: 6 Nations, Data journalism, England, France, Ireland, Italy, Rugby, Scotland, Sport Analytics, Trackers, Wales

UK Weather Trends #20 – Winter 2022

March 4, 2022 By Nigel Marriott

Winter 2022 was the 8th warmest on record and was typical of the winters that we now get due to our changing climate.

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Filed Under: Archive Tagged With: multivariate data, Presenting data, principal components analysis, standardisation, trend analysis, Weather, weather trends, z-scores

UK Weather Tracker #61 – February 2022

March 4, 2022 By Nigel Marriott

It was a warm and wet February this year in the UK.  In fact it was the 7th warmest February on record and resulted in the 8th warmest winter we’ve had in the UK.
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Filed Under: Archive Tagged With: Index, Presenting data, Weather, Weather Tracker

UK Weather Tracker #60 – January 2022

February 9, 2022 By Nigel Marriott

Here’s a question for you.  Would you notice a sunny and dry January more than a dull and wet July?  In other words, did you enjoy the 12th driest and 3rd sunniest January on record just gone?  Your answer will reveal what seasonal expectations and what it takes for you to notice something different from the norm.
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Filed Under: Archive Tagged With: Index, Presenting data, Weather, Weather Tracker

UK Weather Tracker #59 – December 2021

January 3, 2022 By Nigel Marriott

December marks the start of the 2022 meteorological year and it was very grey, dull and boring.
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Filed Under: Archive Tagged With: Index, Presenting data, Weather, Weather Tracker

All I want for Christmas is football!

December 21, 2021 By Nigel Marriott

Will there be any football this Christmas?  The Omicron variant of COVID19 is wreaking havoc with football and rugby schedules and the traditional Boxing Day lineup is in danger of being cancelled.  So what will football fans do instead?  The good news is I am giving a Christmas present to all football supporter that is almost as good as the real thing.  All you need are 2 packs of playing cards, a pen and paper or a spreadsheet and you can play a simple football simulation game which guarantees fun and excitement for all.

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Filed Under: Sport Tagged With: EPL, Football, Playing Cards, Premier League, Probability, Simulation, Sport Analytics

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