Polite request to PM

by | May 7, 2020 | Latest News

Of course we should now use other countries to try and learn why our numbers are high

  • David Spiegelhalter


Update: David Spiegelhalter also gave an interview yesterday on the Andrew Marr show:

It includes the line that the daily press briefings, which he describes as ‘completely embarrassing’, are:

… not a trustworthy communication of statistics.

Stuart Coles

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I joined Smartodds in 2004, having previously been a lecturer of Statistics in universities in the UK and Italy. A famous quote about statistics is that “Statistics is the art of lying by means of figures”. In writing this blog I’m hoping to provide evidence that this is wrong.