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My guest today is David J. Hand, an emeritus professor of mathematics and senior research investigator at Imperial College London, a former president of the Royal Statistical Society, and a fellow of the British Academy. His many previous books include The Improbability Principle, Measurement: A Very Short Introduction, Statistics: A Very Short Introduction, and Principles of Data Mining.
The topic is his book Dark Data: Why What You Don’t Know Matters.
In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss:
- David Hand
- Dark Data: Why What You Don’t Know Matters
- Improbability principle
- Statistics
- Underestimating variability
- Improbability principles
- Fabricated data
- Social Sciences
Mentions and Resources:
- Jim Simons
- Greg Zuckerman
- Coronavirus (COVID-19)
- The Big Short
- Steve Wozniak
- Anthony Hopkins
- Winton Capital
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