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SUMMARY:Celebrating Statistics: Public Event for International Year of St
 atistics 2013
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DESCRIPTION:'''Host:''' Faculty of Medical and Human Sciences\n\n'''About
  the event:''' \n\n\n2013 is the International Year of Statistics\, a wo
 rldwide event supported by nearly 2\,250 organizations!\n\nYou may be as
 king yourself\, “Why celebrate statistics?” The short answer is because 
 statistics have powerful and far-reaching effects on everyone\, yet most
  people are unaware of their connection—from the foods they eat to the m
 edicines they take—and how statistics improve their lives.  You can read
  more at the Statistics2013 website: [http://www.statistics2013.org/ Sta
 tistics2013]\n\nStatisticians in Manchester are organising a public even
 t on Tuesday 26th November 2013 to celebrate Statistics2013 and highligh
 t the importance of statistics in our world.\n\nThe event will involve a
 cademics from across the University of Manchester (Centre for Biostatist
 ics\, Social Statistics and Mathematical Statistics).  It is also being 
 supported by the Royal Statistical Society Manchester local group. \n\nI
 t will run from 16:00 until 19:00\, and feature talks from Professor Dav
 id Hand OBE (Imperial College\, Past President of the Royal Statistical 
 Society)\, Dr Ian McHale (Director of Centre for Sports Business\, Unive
 rsity of Salford) and representatives from local groups as well as refre
 shments and a drinks reception.\nThe event is FREE and everyone is encou
 raged to attend.\n\n'''Programme:'''\n\nThe full programme is shown belo
 w:\n\n*16:00 - 16:15:  Welcome and Introduction to the International Yea
 r of Statistics 2013\, \n*16:15 - 16:30:  Statistics at The University o
 f Manchester\n*16:30 - 17:15:  "Data\, data\, everywhere\, but let’s jus
 t stop and think"\n*17:15 - 17:45:  Tea/coffee and refreshments\n*17:45 
 - 18:30:  “Using statistics to identify the best football team of all ti
 me”\n*18:30 - 19:30:  Drinks reception \n\n'''Speakers:''' \n*Prof David
  Hand OBE\, Imperial College London \n*Dr Ian McHale\, Director of Centr
 e for Sports Business\, University of Salford\n*Prof Graham Dunn (Centre
  for Biostatistics)\n*Prof Natalie Shlomo (Social Statistics)\n*Dr Peter
  Foster (Statistics Group\, Maths)\n*Dr Richard Emsley\, Centre for Bios
 tatistics\, The University of Manchester\n\n'''Registration:''' \n[http:
 //www.eventbrite.co.uk/event/8887020317 Eventbrite]\n\n\n\n
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CLASS:PUBLIC
LOCATION:Lecture Theatre A\, Roscoe Building\, Manchester
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