International Year of Statistics Lectures

Published: 17 October 2013

Three lectures celebrating the International Year of Statistics are being held during November and December in the Western Infirmary Lecture theatre.

Three lectures celebrating the International Year of Statistics are being held during November and December in the Western Infirmary Lecture theatre and the Mathematics and Statistics building:  

Statistics and ...... Health

Prof. Stephen Senn FRSE

Public Research Centre for Health, Luxembourg

5:15pm, November 14th, 2013
Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre
The University of Glasgow

Statistical thinking lies at the heart of many decisions about medical care, from allocating resources for health, to determining which drugs to licence, to cause-and-effect in relation to disease. Statistical methods, and reasoning with probability, are essential to making rational decisions in medicine when we are faced with choices that have an impact on our health.

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Statistics and ...... Society

Professor Sir Ian Diamond FBA FRSE AcSS

Principal, University of Aberdeen

5:15pm, November 26th, 2013

Western Infirmary Lecture Theatre
The University of Glasgow

Statistical thinking plays a vital role in helping us to understand what is happening in the world around us and in evaluating the effects of change. This applies not only in the worlds of government and social policy but also in the daily lives of all of us, where `statistical literacy' is an increasingly important skill.

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Statistics and ...... the Environment

Professor Marian Scott OBE FRSE
Professor of Environmental Statistics, University of Glasgow

5:15pm, December 9th, 2013
Mathematics & Statistics Building, Room 515
The University of Glasgow

At the heart of environmental issues lies the need to gather data and evaluate the evidence for what is currently happening, and what may happen in the future.  Statistical thinking gives us an enormously powerful basis for doing this, bringing
insight into current issues and giving us the tools to talk about the uncertainty associated with what we do and don't know.

For more information, contact mailto:susan.christie@glasgow.ac.uk%20

 

First published: 17 October 2013

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