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SUMMARY:Visualising Uncertainty - David Spiegelhalter (Statistical Laborat
 ory)
DTSTART:20100204T180000Z
DTEND:20100204T193000Z
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CONTACT:Harry Bullivant
DESCRIPTION:*The Phoenix Society Presents: _Professor David Spiegelhalter_
 *\n\nThe mathematical language of uncertainty is probability\, but there i
 s also a visual language that tries to represent what may turn out to be t
 he case. I will look at different ways that people have tried to illustrat
 e their uncertainty\, including some recent work in the presentation of po
 ssible futures.\n\nDavid is currently the Winston Professor of the Public 
 Understanding of Risk and a fellow of Churchill College. Much of his resea
 rch surrounds the use of statistics in understanding risk for individuals 
 and society and he has used this in both academic and educational publicat
 ions.\nHaving been a consultant to several public and private organisation
 s\, he also gave evidence in the Harold Shipman inquiry and led the statis
 tical team investigating children's heart surgery at the Bristol Royal Inf
 irmary.\nDavid is a Fellow of the Royal Society and was awarded an OBE in 
 2006 for services to medical statistics.\n\nEntry\, refreshments and wine 
 are free of charge for University members.\n\nDo sign up on the "Facebook 
 event page":http://bit.ly/visualising-uncertainty.\n\n_Image: TimesOnline_
LOCATION:Fellows Dining Room\, Churchill College
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