Dear all,
The Edinburgh local group of the Royal Statistical Society will be
hosting the following event on Tuesday 27th March. The event is free,
and open to all; no registration is required.
Title: How much does statistical illiteracy cost?
Speakers: David Walker, Director of getStats, and John Pullinger, Chair
of getStats Campaign Board and RSS President-elect
Venue: ICMS, 15 South College Street, Edinburgh EH8 9AA
Time: Meeting starts 6pm, tea and coffee from 5.30pm
Abstract:
getStats is the Royal Statistical Society's numeracy campaign. The talk
will draw on evidence on the misunderstanding of frequency, risk and
probability and will chart the potential cost of such misunderstanding -
in the consumption of collective goods such as health and education and
in commercial markets. It will then turn to modeling the benefits of
higher levels of statistical literacy on productivity and resource
allocation. The talk will outline the ambitions of the getStats
campaign, noting challenges to, and opportunities for, professional
statisticians in widening public understanding of the application of
statistical techniques. It will be followed by a discussion to identify
priorities in Scotland for improving statistical literacy.
Biographies:
David Walker is a communications professional, with extensive experience
in journalism, research, public affairs and marketing. He is Director of
getStats, the Royal Statistical Society's numeracy campaign and
contributing editor of the Guardian's Public Leaders Network. Until 2010
he was Managing Director, Communications and Public Reporting, at the
Audit Commission. He is a Council Member of the Economic and Social
Research Council, visiting professor at King's College London, and was
formerly a trustee of the Nuffield Trust for health services research.
John Pullinger is the Chair of the getStats Campaign Board and
President-elect of the RSS. He is an RSS Council member, former chair of
the RSS National Statistics Working Party and member of the RSS
Long-Term Strategy Group. His day job is House of Commons Librarian, and
prior to taking up that post in 2004 he was an Executive Director at the
Office for National Statistics. He has also chaired Advisory Boards for
departments and programmes at the Universities of Manchester, Essex and
Leeds.
Best wishes,
Adam Butler, Secretary of the Edinburgh local group of the Royal
Statistical Society
http://www.rss.org.uk/edinburgh
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