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Gavin Harper is a mathematician working right at the heart of genetics

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March 2010
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statistical prediction

Tags: statistical prediction : population growth : Malthus


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Why rankings don't work

Tags: statistics : probability : risk analysis : statistical prediction : probability distribution : statistical estimation : statistical distribution : uncertainty : mathematics in sport : football : confidence interval


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If you had a crystal ball that allowed you to see your future, what would you arrange differently about your finances? Plus talks to the Government Actuary, Chris Daykin about the pensions crisis, and how actuaries use statistical and modelling techniques to plan for all our futures.

Tags: mathematical modelling : actuarial mathematics : pension : Life insurance : statistical prediction : mathematics in the media : forecasting : insurance : stochastic process : multistate modelling


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Researchers have used mathematical modelling to understand the evolution of the influenza virus.

Tags: epidemiology : statistical prediction : Medicine : stochastic model : evolution


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Some spurious statistics

Tags: statistics : probability : risk analysis : statistical prediction : normal distribution : probability distribution : statistical estimation : statistical distribution : uncertainty : lottery : league table : binomial distribution : geometric distribution


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Use our animations to find out

Tags: statistics : actuarial mathematics : mortality table : risk analysis : statistical prediction : medical statistics : Medicine : uncertainty