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CATEGORIES:C.U. Ethics in Mathematics Society (CUEiMS)
SUMMARY:In an age of 'fake news' and dodgy data\, can we c
 ommunicate statistical evidence impartially? - Dav
 id Spiegelhalter\, University of Cambridge
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URL:http://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/89661
DESCRIPTION:Some say we live in a post-truth society abounding
  in fake news and alternative facts\, with a decli
 ning trust in ‘experts’.  Certainly the media are 
 full of political and scientific claims about risk
 s\, supposedly based on science or statistics\, bu
 t that may be exaggerated or even simply untrue.  
 I will look at the ‘pipelines’ through which scien
 tific evidence is propagated through the media to 
 the public\, and suggest ways of improving both th
 e trustworthiness of the evidence being communicat
 ed\, and the ability of audiences to assess the qu
 ality and reliability of what they are being told.
LOCATION:Centre for Mathematical Sciences MR2
CONTACT:Maurice Chiodo
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