Communicating Complex Statistical Ideas to the Public: Lessons from the Pandemic - D. Spiegelhalter

The pandemic has demonstrated how important data becomes at a time of crisis. But statistics are tricky: they don't always mean what we think they mean, there are many subtle pitfalls, and some people misrepresent their message. Their interpretation is an art. David Spiegelhalter describes efforts at communicating about statistics during the pandemic, including both successes and dismal failures.

Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter FRS OBE is Chair of the Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication at the University of Cambridge, which aims to improve the way that statistical evidence is used by health professionals, patients, lawyers and judges, media and policy-makers. He has been very busy over the Covid crisis. His bestselling book, The Art of Statistics, was published in March 2019, and Covid by Numbers came out in October 2021. He was knighted in 2014 for services to medical statistics.

The Oxford Mathematics Public Lectures are generously supported by XTX Markets.

[andrewharrison]

Excellent presenter - good material - important topic - 5 stars - would buy again

[geofpick]

Well presented, light on technicalities, focused on communication (and miscommunication).

[ConanXin]

David 危机中，他一直非常忙碌。他的畅销书《The Art of Statistics》于2019年3月出版，《Covid by Numbers》于2021年10月问世。

[rasherbilbo]

Eh, a waste of 45 minutes of my time, IMO - Nassim Nicholas Taleb gives the same gist in ten minutes...