That's such a helpful analysis - as Elena and Bridget say, what we actually seem to have is:


- small museums with less resources
- large museums who do have the resources jumping in with both feet

The killer line is:

"I noticed that small museums represented 30% of the
survey sample in 2013 and in 2017 they represent 45% (it depends on the
question) so this may have an important impact on the aggregated results." (Elena)

I suppose it begs the question 'how small is a small museum' but at an extreme, you might get the BM on one hand, and a two-room place off a local studies centre at the other, both counting as 'one unit of museum' and with equal power to shift the statistics. Ultimately this serves neither.

I did drop Richard a line (thanks Katie M!) but heard nothing back so far. I'd be willing to read the whole report properly and blog everyone's collective thoughts - though I'm certainly far less statistic savvy than Elena. If I drafted something, would others in this conversation be willing to chip? - and could anyone suggest a platform to stick it up? I'm not thinking of something massively long.

This is the third time in a year where I've felt caught out, when headline stats about the sector appeared to show one thing, and then showed - at best - a muddier picture.

Kate

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