Statistics are either dull or wrong:discuss
- 👤 Speaker: Professor David Spiegelhalter
- 📅 Date & Time: Tuesday 17 March 2009, 19:30 - 20:30
- 📍 Venue: Babbage Lecture Theatre
Abstract
Join the Winton Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk, Professor David Spiegelhalter as he discusses ‘Statistics: can we sex them up without dumbing down’. Bad Science’s Dr Ben Goldacre will then explore ‘Intellectual stunt doubles: learning from other people’s mistakes in statistics’.
Series This talk is part of the Cambridge Science Festival series.
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Professor David Spiegelhalter
Tuesday 17 March 2009, 19:30-20:30