Statistics: Why the Truth Matters
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Tim Harford, Financial Times columnist and presenter of Radio 4’s “More or Less”, argues that politicians, businesses and even charities have been poisoning the value of statistics and data. Tim will argue that we need to defend the value of good data in public discourse, and will suggest how to lead the defence of statistical truth-telling.

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Date: 8 February 2017, 16:00
Venue: Mathematical Institute, Woodstock Road OX2 6GG
Venue Details: Lecture Theatre 1
Speaker: Tim Harford
Organising department: Mathematical Institute
Organiser: Dyrol Lumbard (University of Oxford)
Organiser contact email address: lumbard@maths.ox.ac.uk
Part of: Oxford Mathematics Public Lectures
Booking required?: Required
Booking email: external-relations@maths.ox.ac.uk
Cost: n/a
Audience: Public
Editor: Dyrol Lumbard