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09 November 2006

Statistician Peter Donnelly on TEDTalks

Peter Donnelly

Statistician Peter Donnelly explores the common mistakes humans make in interpreting statistics, and the devastating impact these errors can have on the outcome of criminal trials. Donnelly is a Statistics Professor at Oxford University who collaborates with biologists, applying statistical models to genetics, with the hope of shedding more light on evolutionary history and the structure of the human genome. (Recorded July 2005 in Oxford, UK. Duration:22:06)

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