Renaissance Participation raw totals
The Renaissance datasets contain participation information for Hub Museum sites including: total number of visits; school visits (with Year Group breakdowns); outreach and on-site participation (with adult/child breakdowns).
Annual data is available from 2002-03. Quarterly data is available from 2005-06.
The Renaissance dataset can be used in one of two ways – either to analyse performance for one year or one quarter in isolation (Totals dataset) or to analyse trends in performance over time (Constant Sample dataset).
Totals dataset
The Totals dataset contains the data returns from all Hub museum sites within a given time period. This dataset is useful for examining the results within one time period (eg April to June 2005, or the financial year 2006-07).
Constant Sample dataset
The Constant Sample dataset contains the data that should be used for examining annual trends in performance. Not all sites have returned data for every submission period since 2002-03. This is due to a number of reasons e.g., site is newly opened or has been closed for renovations). Therefore it is not advisable to examine actual returned data (ie the Totals dataset) when comparing trends over time.
Important notes regarding the data
Museum service subtotals
In some circumstances e.g. for outreach activity or web visits, data may have been returned for a museum service as a whole, but not for the individual sites. The Totals dataset contains data for each museum service and these should be used instead of calculating totals from the individual sites.
Annual totals versus quarterly totals
In a few cases, annual values have been amended after the final quarterly data returns have been submitted. Therefore there may be discrepancies between the sum of the quarterly values and the annual total. It is advisable to use the annual total rather than calculate a sum of the individual quarters.
Understanding the Constant Sample
When examining changes over time periods, the first year of the trend analysis should be used as the Period of Constant Sample. This will ensure that the values appearing for the subsequent years only include data for sites that returned data in each year during the Period of Constant Sample.
For example, to examine change in visitor numbers from 2003-04 to 2006-07, the Period of Constant Sample should be set to 2003-04. The final year for the Period of the Constant Sample in each case is 2006-07. This will be updated to 2007-08 during Summer 2008.
Annual data is available from 2002-03. Quarterly data is available from 2005-06.
The Renaissance dataset can be used in one of two ways – either to analyse performance for one year or one quarter in isolation (Totals dataset) or to analyse trends in performance over time (Constant Sample dataset).
Totals dataset
The Totals dataset contains the data returns from all Hub museum sites within a given time period. This dataset is useful for examining the results within one time period (eg April to June 2005, or the financial year 2006-07).
Constant Sample dataset
The Constant Sample dataset contains the data that should be used for examining annual trends in performance. Not all sites have returned data for every submission period since 2002-03. This is due to a number of reasons e.g., site is newly opened or has been closed for renovations). Therefore it is not advisable to examine actual returned data (ie the Totals dataset) when comparing trends over time.
Important notes regarding the data
Museum service subtotals
In some circumstances e.g. for outreach activity or web visits, data may have been returned for a museum service as a whole, but not for the individual sites. The Totals dataset contains data for each museum service and these should be used instead of calculating totals from the individual sites.
Annual totals versus quarterly totals
In a few cases, annual values have been amended after the final quarterly data returns have been submitted. Therefore there may be discrepancies between the sum of the quarterly values and the annual total. It is advisable to use the annual total rather than calculate a sum of the individual quarters.
Understanding the Constant Sample
When examining changes over time periods, the first year of the trend analysis should be used as the Period of Constant Sample. This will ensure that the values appearing for the subsequent years only include data for sites that returned data in each year during the Period of Constant Sample.
For example, to examine change in visitor numbers from 2003-04 to 2006-07, the Period of Constant Sample should be set to 2003-04. The final year for the Period of the Constant Sample in each case is 2006-07. This will be updated to 2007-08 during Summer 2008.