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Understanding uncertainty: Football crazy
Plus Magazine, Issue 52

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On May 22nd 2009 the English Premier league had one more match day ahead, with West Bromwich Albion at the bottom of the league and Manchester United at the top, sure to remain there. Taking up a challenge from a BBC radio programme, David Spiegelhalter and Yin-Lam Ng used their statistical finesse to predict the outcome of the last matches — and they were 90% correct. Find out how they did it here.

Plus Magazine is published at Cambridge University. On their website they describe their Magazine as follows:

Plus Magazine opens a door to the world of maths, with all its beauty and applications, by providing articles from the top mathematicians and science writers on topics as diverse as art, medicine, cosmology and sport. You can read the latest mathematical news on the site every week,

David Spiegelhalter. is a member of the Cambridge University Statistics Labority and is a Wontpn Professor of the Public understanding of Risk. He writes articles with his colleagues that appear on his Understanding Uncertainty Blog. David is particularly interested in using simulation in his articles. Plus Magazine uses adapted versions of these article for their Magazine.