Thursday, 2 November 2017

Meet the RSS president: A Q&A with David Spiegelhalter

Nearly halfway through his presidency of the RSS, Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter talks about the Society’s latest initiatives and its relationship with the Office for National Statistics.

What gets you out of bed in the morning?
Mainly the dog wanting to go out for a walk. But after that’s done, then listening to the radio generally gets me enervated: so many claims are made without evidence to back them up, and interviewers are not good at challenging ‘how do you know that?’. So after shouting at the radio for a bit, I am ready for a day working on communication and statistical literacy.



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