“There is no substitute for simply looking at data properly” - David Spiegelhalter
Sir David Spiegelhalter is the Winton Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk at the University of Cambridge. With a background in medical statistics, Spiegelhalter is arguably the UK’s leading voice in understanding the data of many modern phenomena, including the recent coronavirus pandemic.
He has presented award-winning documentaries, most notably ‘Climate Change by Numbers’ and ‘Tails you Win: the Science of Chance’. In 2006, David was awarded an OBE and was knighted in 2014 for services to medical statistics.
“A statistical national treasure” Jeremy Vine, BBC Radio 2