NSS technical documentation and definitions

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Technical algorithms

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This document contains technical algorithms for the 2024 NSS results

Communicating uncertainty in the NSS publication

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This document contains information about communicating uncertainty in the NSS results. We have followed this approach in NSS 2023 and NSS 2024.

Benchmarking in the NSS publication

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This document contains information on our approach to benchmarking in NSS 2023. We have used the same approach for NSS 2024, including that used for question 28, for the healthcare, allied health, and clinical practice placement questions.

Student characteristics

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This document gives more description of the coverage of student characteristics and how they are defined in NSS 2023. Student characteristics data for NSS 2024 will be published in autumn 2024.

Published 10 August 2023
Last updated 10 July 2024 + show all updates

10 July 2024: Published NSS 2024 technical algorithms document.

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