Introduction to Research Skills
Artefact 1, INTERPRETING STATISTICS: This is COMPULSORY (50% of total marks for the
unit) and involves writing a report based on Excel files on drug users and frequent drug users.
The Home Office report that includes reference to this data is there to give you some background
information on how the data was collected and how to present data of this kind in graphs.
Your report should include graphs, referred to as figures. Figure is the correct terminology to use within APA referencing.
Part 1: Interpreting Statistics
The questions for Artefact 1 are based on Home Office Statistics on Drugs Misuse, collected as part of the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW). The report is posted FULL REFERENCE FOR THE HOME OFFICE FULL REPORT: Full report: Home Office (2013) Drug Misuse: Findings from the 2012/13 Crime Survey for England and Wales. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/drug-misuse-findings-from-the-2012-to-2013-csew