Podcast: Statistical uncertainty in the modern world - with David Spiegelhalter

Sir David Spiegelhalter reflects on his first Discourse and explores how uncertainties and statistics affects the lives of us all.

 

Listen time: 38:32
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Sir David Spiegelhalter is a national treasure in the world of statistics, achieving everything from a knighthood to appearing on Total Wipeout. 

In light of giving the first Discourse in ⁠their bicentennial year⁠, David explores how risk and uncertainty have affected his own life, and how to understand the statistics we see every day.  

Producer: Lia Hale 
Music: Joseph Sandy

Topic

Maths