Peter Donnelly: How juries are fooled by statistics
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Uploaded by TEDtalksDirector on Jan 12, 2007
http://www.ted.com Oxford mathematician Peter Donnelly reveals the common mistakes humans make in interpreting statistics -- and the devastating impact these errors can have on the outcome of criminal trials.
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he reminds me of rupert giles from buffy.
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5:25 failed joke
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when it comes down it, its really just being persuasive :p
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99% of all statistics are made up on the spot...
...This is the 1%.
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Quite interesting really, but the title is more or less misleading.
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Unfortunately judges and magistrates aren't any better, at least with a jury you could get one clear thinker who might have an effect.
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this is very interesting course about statistics ...i never thought about that in this way
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@obliviousaa That would be missing an important part of the point.
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He's an oxford mathematician. Did you expect him to be down? Hip? Cool flow with a funky jive? No dude, he's a fucking Oxford professor. This guy deserves so much respect it's hardly funny.
sidexwalk 2 years ago 103
Statistics are to a lawyer what street lamps are to a drunk. They they lean on them without getting much illumination.
I'd rather have this guy on my side at the trial.
Vegie007 2 years ago 71