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David Spiegelhalter
Professor of Public Understanding of Risk, University of Cambridge
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David Spiegelhalter is Winton Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk at the University of Cambridge and Senior Scientist in the MRC Biostatistics Unit. His background is in medical statistics, particularly the use of Bayesian methods in clinical trials, health technology assessment and drug safety. He led the statistical team in the Bristol Royal Infirmary Inquiry and also gave evidence to the Shipman Inquiry.
In his post he leads a small team (UnderstandingUncertainty.org) which attempts to improve the way in which the quantitative aspects of risk and uncertainty are discussed in society. He works closely with the Millennium Mathematics Project in trying to bring risk and uncertainty into education. He gives many presentations to schools and others, advises organisations on risk communication, and is a regular newspaper columnist on current risk issues.
He was elected FRS in 2005 and awarded an OBE in 2006 for services to medical statistics.
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Websites
- UnderstandingUncertainty.org
- David Spiegelhalter's research groups website, explaining risk and uncertainty.
- Information is Beautiful
- Ideas, issues, knowledge, data - visualised!
Books
- How Risky Is It, Really?
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Description: This book will not decide for you what is really risky and what isn't. That's up to you. How risky is it, really? will tell you how you make those decisions.
ISBN: 0071629696
Organisations
- Straight Statistics
- A campaign established by journalists and statisticians to improve the understanding and use of statistics by government, politicians, companies, advertisers and the mass media.
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