Why Statistics Really Matter

Andrew Dilnot Principal, St Hugh’s College, University of Oxford Play (40min) Download: FLV | MOV | OGG | MP3

These are strange times. The range and quality of data that exists is richer than ever before, and by some considerable margin. And yet we seem to fail to make good use of much of what is available, and to be frightened in the face of numbers. What kinds of strategies might help?

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