Communicating statistics

Warm up

  • Turn to the person next to you and tell them about your research/work in once sentence.
02:00

Explaining statistical concepts

Choose a statistical concept and try and explain it to your neighbour

  • p-value
  • Hypothesis test
  • Confidence interval
  • Significance
  • Sample
  • Prior distribution
  • Bayes’ Theorem
  • Median
  • Variance
  • Linear regression
02:00

Explaining statistical concepts

  • Use common language

  • Analogies can be useful

  • Personalise

  • Practice makes perfect

What happens next?

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Concept maps

A mind map linking concepts around seasons together

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Curiosity and Play

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Curiosity and Play

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Curiosity and Play

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Resources

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