CMIST Afternoon Seminar: Sex by numbers: what statistics can, and can't, tell us about sexual behaviour.
| Dates: | 23 February 2016 |
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| Times: | 16:00 - 17:30 |
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| What is it: | Seminar |
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| Organiser: | Cathie Marsh Institute for Social Research |
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| Speaker: | Prof. David Spiegelhalter |
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Abstract:
How often, with whom, and doing what? The statistics of sexual behaviour can be riveting, but can we believe them? I will look at examples ranging from pre-nuptial pregnancy rates in 1580, through Kinsey and Shere Hite, to modern online surveys and the latest Natsal survey: each will be given a rough 'star-rating' according to their reliability. In particular, I will confront two questions: why do men report more sexual partners than do women, and why are more boys born at the end of wars?
About the speaker:
Since October 2007 David Spiegelhalter has been Winton Professor for the Public Understanding of Risk in the Statistical Laboratory, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, University of Cambridge. His latest book – Sex by Numbers: What Statistics Can Tell Us About Sexual Behaviour – accompanied the Wellcome’s Institute of Sexology exhibition and covers some extraordinary stats and studies highlighting the challenges of taking a scientific approach to this tricky area. David will be talking about some of the key issues raised in his book.
Tea/Coffee from 3.45 in the foyer of the Alan Turing Building, University of Manchester
All welcome. This is a free event but please register on Eventbrite so that we have an idea of numbers attending:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/cmist-afternoon-seminar-sex-by-numbers-what-statistics-can-and-cant-tell-us-about-sexual-behaviour-registration-21523757137
Speaker
Prof. David Spiegelhalter
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Alan Turing Building
Manchester
