David Spiegelhalter
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Sir David Spiegelhalter is a British statistician and a Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge.
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5 facts on wiqqi (opens wiqqi.app)
- Earlier: Winton Professor of the Public Understanding of Risk, University of Cambridge, from 2007 to 2018; MRC Biostatistics Unit from 1981 to 2012 (opens wiqqi.app)
- Roles: President of the Royal Statistical Society (from January 2017); non-executive director of the UK Statistics Authority from 2020, term extended to 2026 (opens wiqqi.app)
- Books: The Art of Statistics (2019); The Art of Uncertainty (2024) (opens wiqqi.app)
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3 channels on ppll (opens ppll.app)
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x.com: @d_spiegel (opens x.com)
“Why I cheered in the cinema when I saw the film Pressure - great lessons on uncertainty, contested advice, and forecasting methods”
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Papers: ORCID (opens orcid.org)
“David Spiegelhalter’s contribution to the Discussion of ‘Some statistical aspects of the COVID-19 response’ by Wood et al.”
- Site: David Spiegelhalter's home page (opens www.dpmms.cam.ac.uk)
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x.com: @d_spiegel (opens x.com)
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5 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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Measuring outcomes of medical or surgical interventions is part of good practice, but publishing individual doctors' results remains controversial. (opens korrents.com)
“Measurement of outcomes from medical or surgical interventions is part of good practice, but publication of individual doctors' results remains controversial.”
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A surgeon's performance cannot be separated from that of the institution because quality depends heavily on institutional systems. (opens korrents.com)
“The administration believes the performance of a surgeon cannot be separated from that of his or her institution as quality is highly dependent on institutional systems.”
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Casemix makes it unwise to publish surgeons' unadjusted mortality figures for comparison. (opens korrents.com)
“Because of this casemix influence it would not be sensible to publish unadjusted mortality by surgeon.”
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Measuring outcomes of medical or surgical interventions is part of good practice, but publishing individual doctors' results remains controversial. (opens korrents.com)
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5 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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The Drunkard's Walk (opens rcmnd.app)
“This is a general introduction to the history of probability and the way it comes into everyday life. It intersperses the historical development with modern applications, and looks at finance, sport, gambling,…”
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Dicing with Death (opens rcmnd.app)
“This book is somewhat similar to The Drunkard's Walk in that it covers the history of probability. But since Stephen's background is in medical statistics, he looks at clinical trials and other medical studies.”
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How Risky Is It, Really? (opens rcmnd.app)
“Yes, this is a completely non-technical book, which is looking at things from the point of view of psychology. It is essentially a review of the recent research on risk perception.”
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The Drunkard's Walk (opens rcmnd.app)