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Standardised Cohort Analysis Methodology Overview
June 2026 | Guidance
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The Social Investment Agency (SIA) has designed a repeatable analysis that uses data the government already collects to contribute to the knowledge that organisations hold about what works and for whom.
The analysis is designed to provide descriptive and comparative insights into the experiences of different groups of people to support operational decision-making and service design. As a repeatable analysis it provides a standardised process that can be applied to different groups with minimal marginal effort, enabling the delivery of more insights for the same effort.
This paper provides an overview of our repeatable analysis and the insights that it provides. We describe our analytical process including the key cohorts, matching methodology, and the sequence for automating the analysis.