In the age of alternative facts, taking aim at dodgy data has never been more important. And while statistics can be baffling and even misleading, Sir David Spiegelhalter, Cambridge University ...

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Statistician Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter has told how he was “overly optimistic” at the start of the coronavirus pandemic. The 68-year-old chairman of the Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence ...

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Statisticians would welcome an inquiry into their role in this crisis – they have done a good job “Sooner or later we are going to have to have an inquiry into the role of statisticians in the ...

Sometimes it seems we never stop worrying. We worry about the food we eat and the air we breathe. If we own property, we worry about whether it will keep its value, and if we don't, we worry about ...

The seven-year itch is a real phenomenon backed up by cold hard facts, according to an academic. There has long been a superstition that the milestone marks the make-or-break point in a relationship.

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People make predictions all the time about a lot of things, from weather changes to the next most profitable industries and the upcoming election results. People love calculating probabilities and ...

Can probabilities help people prepare for the future? According to statistician David Spiegelhalter, yes—but only if they have been carefully examined through mathematical analysis. My Wildest ...