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SUMMARY:Should we trust statistics about Covid? - Professor David Spiegelh
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DTSTART:20220121T180000Z
DTEND:20220121T190000Z
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CONTACT:Gesa Dünnweber
DESCRIPTION:The current pandemic has emphasised the key role that statisti
 cs play in understanding what is going on around us.  But how reliable are
  all these numbers?  How much should we trust what we hear and read?  When
  do statistics become misinformation?  I will look at the way that statist
 ics can be used to try and persuade audiences to think or act in a certain
  way\, including some utter data disasters\, and contrast this with effort
 s to make communication 'trustworthy'.
LOCATION:CMS Meeting Room 2
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