In the age of alternative facts, taking aim at dodgy data has never been more important. And while statistics can be baffling and even misleading, Sir David Spiegelhalter, Cambridge University ...

The Government’s method of giving out numbers on Covid-19 deaths and testing is “not the trustworthy communication of statistics”, according to an expert. Professor Sir David Spiegelhalter condemned ...

People make predictions all the time about a lot of things, from weather changes to the next most profitable industries and the upcoming election results. People love calculating probabilities and ...

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The seven-year itch is a real phenomenon backed up by cold hard facts, according to an academic. There has long been a superstition that the milestone marks the make-or-break point in a relationship.

Sometimes it seems we never stop worrying. We worry about the food we eat and the air we breathe. If we own property, we worry about whether it will keep its value, and if we don't, we worry about ...

Statistician David Spiegelhalter on his latest book, "The Art of Statistics." In the age of alternative facts, taking aim at dodgy data has never been more important. And while statistics can be ...

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