risk analysis
Tags: risk analysis : decision theory : availability error
Rupa Patel never wanted to be a financial engineer — she wanted to be a maths teacher. However, her skills in conveying difficult mathematical concepts to others, as well as a love of maths, enticed her into the exciting field of financial mathematics. Now she models risk, travels Europe and occasionally finds time to herself to examine the maths of her job in detail.
Tags: mathematical modelling : risk analysis : uncertainty : financial mathematics : financial modelling
How likely is that?
Tags: statistics : probability : risk analysis : average : mean : coincidence : rare event
What's the risk of passive smoking? Or climate change? How big is the terrorist threat? And should we trust league tables? These issues concern all of us, but it's not always easy to make sense of the barrage of media information.
David Spiegelhalter, Winton Professor for the Public Understanding of Risk, gives Plus his take on uncertainty.
Tags: bayes theorem : risk analysis : public understanding of mathematics : mathematics in the media : medical statistics : Medicine : uncertainty : Bayesian model
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
How to manipulate risk statistics
Tags: statistics : risk analysis : public understanding of mathematics : mathematics in the media : medical statistics : Medicine
Use our animations to find out
Tags: statistics : actuarial mathematics : mortality table : risk analysis : statistical prediction : medical statistics : Medicine : uncertainty
The risks in Who wants to be a millionaire?
Tags: mathematical modelling : risk analysis : economics
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
How to manipulate risk statistics
Tags: statistics : risk analysis : public understanding of mathematics : mathematics in the media : medical statistics : Medicine
