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Why you should love statistics

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Alan Smith |

TEDxExeter

• April 2016

Think you're good at guessing stats? Guess again. Whether we consider ourselves math people or not, our ability to understand and work with numbers is terribly limited, says data visualization expert Alan Smith. In this delightful talk, Smith explores the mismatch between what we know and what we think we know.

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Think you're good at guessing stats? Guess again. Whether we consider ourselves math people or not, our ability to understand and work with numbers is terribly limited, says data visualization expert Alan Smith. In this delightful talk, Smith explores the mismatch between what we know and what we think we know.

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Data visualisation editor

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Alan Smith uses interactive graphics and statistics to breathe new life into how data is presented.

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This talk was presented to a local audience at TEDxExeter, an independent event. TED's editors chose to feature it for you.

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Find out how well you know your local area. (England and Wales only.)