Hello,

I was asked to put on a Cafe Scientifique session on statistics. Can anyone help?

Anyone interested in talking about stats in Portsmouth?

Best wishes,

Maricar

>>> Michael Kenward <[log in to unmask]> 29/04/2010 13:14 >>>
This might appeal to anyone who has to use statistics in their PESTery.

"Statisticians, journalists and scientists today launch Making Sense of
Statistics, a guide that provides a few questions you can ask and outlines
the pitfalls to look out for when weighing up claims that use statistics.
Making Sense of Statistics is published by Sense About Science and Straight
Statistics in collaboration with the Royal Statistical Society."
http://www.senseaboutscience.org.uk/index.php/site/project/484/

or

http://tinyurl.com/39gxa4m

This couldn't have come at better time, what with politicians of all colour
throwing around statistics with abandon.

There is also a short report, "Making Sense of Statistics in an election".

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Michael Kenward OBE
Science Writer & Stuff
My other computer is a slide rule

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