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SUMMARY:Can you handle the truth? Facts\, figures and communicating uncert
 ainty - David Spiegelhalter (Statistical Laboratory)
DTSTART:20171114T173000Z
DTEND:20171114T200000Z
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CONTACT:Jackie Ouchikh
DESCRIPTION:A distinguished panel of producers\, users and communicators o
 f official statistics discuss how uncertainty is\, could\, and should be c
 ommunicated.\n\n\nTo register your attendance\, please visit the "CSaP web
 site":http://www.csap.cam.ac.uk/events/can-you-handle-truth-how-experts-fe
 el-about-commun/\n\n\nWe can never be certain about facts and figures and 
 yet there seems to be an almost universal push for certainty in society. I
 t is often said that politicians\, media and the wider public are uncomfor
 table with ambiguity and demand simple solutions to precisely defined prob
 lems.\n\nThere are concerns that trying to communicate uncertainty will un
 dermine people’s trust\, and make it more difficult to reach decisions. 
 But could the opposite be true? Could a greater effort to communicate unce
 rtainty improve the quality of policy making and public discourse?\nPanell
 ists\n\nChaired and hosted by Sir David Spiegelhalter\, Winton Professor o
 f the Public Understanding of Risk in the Statistical Laboratory at the Un
 iversity of Cambridge\, guest speakers include: Sir David Norgrove\, Chair
  of the UK Statistics Authority\; and Amanda Farnsworth\, Head of Visual a
 nd Data Journalism\, BBC News.\n\n
LOCATION:Peterhouse Lecture Theatre\,  Trumpington Street
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