University of Cambridge > Talks.cam > Trinity Mathematical Society > Numeracy and the Media: is it a Lost Cause?

  Browse A-Z

Log in

University Account External (via Google)

🔐 Log In

Information on

Subscribing to talksdetails Finding a talkdetails Adding a talkdetails Disseminating talksdetails Help and Documentationdetails

ℹī¸ Information

Numeracy and the Media: is it a Lost Cause?

Download to your calendar using vCal

If you have a question about this talk, please contact Mary Fortune .

I shall look at the portrayal of numbers in the news, with particular attention to risk stories of the ‘cats cause cancer’ variety, and the use of ghastly statistical graphics. After (with luck) getting some cheap laughs, I shall consider whether things are getting better or worse, and make a few tentative suggestions for how we all might help.

This talk is part of the Trinity Mathematical Society series.

This talk is included in these lists:

Note that ex-directory lists are not shown.

Other lists

Lecture Theatre 1, Department of Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology, Philippa Fawcett Drive, Cambridge CB3 0AS Meeting ID: 878 2579 3319. Passcode: 928055 Zoom, link to be announced

Other talks

Title TBC The Inaccessible Game Online Causal Inference Semina Title to be confirmed title abstract tba Spectral theory for Dirac operators with singular potentials
 

Š 2006-2025 Talks.cam, University of Cambridge. Contact Us | Help and Documentation | Privacy and Publicity