
Understanding Representative Timelines in Analytic Methods
Representative timelines are an effective analytic method that merges individual timelines to foster empathy and protect privacy. This approach combines science, data, and lived experiences to provide meaningful insights accessible to the community. Explore the benefits and applications of representative timelines in data analysis.
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Representative Timeline Analysis Representative Timeline Analysis Timelines as an analytic method Effective because it matches how we experience events Help foster empathy Combine science + data + lived experience Representative timelines Merge individual timelines to protect privacy and uphold confidentiality Accessible to the community who can see themselves in the data
Demonstration of method Demonstration of method Person 1 Events A Person 2 Representative timeline Events B Person 3
Making meaning from timelines Making meaning from timelines Fathers employment by level of qualification IDI Disclaimer: These results are not official statistics. They have been created for research purposes from the Integrated Data Infrastructure (IDI) which is carefully managed by Stats NZ. For more information about the IDI please visit https://www.stats.govt.nz/integrated-data/ Access to the data used in this study was provided by Stats NZ under conditions designed to give effect to the security and confidentiality provisions of the Statistics Act 1975. The results presented in this study are the work of the author, not Stats NZ or individual data suppliers. The results are based in part on tax data supplied by Inland Revenue to Stats NZ under the Tax Administration Act 1994 for statistical purposes. Any discussion of data limitations or weaknesses is in the context of using the IDI for statistical purposes, and is not related to the data s ability to support Inland Revenue s core operational requirements.
Find out more Find out more Three reports on our website Code from two IDI research projects using technique available Interactive timeline visualisation app available Simon.Anastasiadis@swa.govt.nz swa.govt.nz https://github.com/nz-social-wellbeing-agency