Wherry Lecture Series: David Hand

November 2, 2023

3:00PM - 4:00PM

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Add to Calendar 2023-11-02 14:00:00 2023-11-02 15:00:00 Wherry Lecture Series: David Hand Title Size matters: Measurement and understanding Speaker Professor David Hand is Emeritus Professor of Mathematics and Senior Research Investigator at Imperial College, London, where he formerly held the Chair in Statistics. He is a Fellow of the British Academy, and an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries, and has served (twice) as President of the Royal Statistical Society. He served as a non-executive director of the UK Statistics Authority for 8 years and on the EU's European Statistical Advisory Committee. He chairs the National Statistician's Expert User Advisory Committee and the ONS's Centre for Applied Data Ethics Advisory Committee. He previously Chaired the Research Board of Imperial College’s Data Science Institute and was Chair of the UK’s Administrative Data Research Network. He spent eight years as Chief Scientific Advisor to Winton Capital Management. He has published 300 scientific papers and 32 books, including Principles of Data Mining, The Wellbeing of Nations, Measurement Theory and Practice, and The Improbability Principle. His most recent books are Amy's Luck, Dark Data, From GDP to Sustainable Wellbeing, and Measurement: A Very Short Introduction. In 2002 he was awarded the Guy Medal of the Royal Statistical Society, and in 2012 he and his research group won the Credit Collections and Risk Award for Contributions to the Credit Industry. He was awarded the George Box Medal in 2016, and the Research Medal of the International Federation of Classification Societies in 2019. In 2013 he was made OBE for services to research and innovation. Abstract Measurements are so ubiquitous that we often fail to notice them: they are simply parts of the conceptual universe in which we function. However, there’s more to measurement than meets the eye, and misunderstanding measurement can lead to mistakes and even disasters. I examine just what constitutes measurement, how measures are constructed, how to interpret them, and how to use them. The talk is illustrated with measurement tools from psychology, medicine, physics, economics and other areas. Zoom Link: https://osu.zoom.us/j/96868084160?pwd=MTVRRlBVbFNHZnhFdkVVTjRIaVNkQT09 Zoom Link Below OSU ASC Drupal 8 ascwebservices@osu.edu America/New_York public

2023-11-02 15:00:00 2023-11-02 16:00:00 Wherry Lecture Series: David Hand Title Size matters: Measurement and understanding Speaker Professor David Hand is Emeritus Professor of Mathematics and Senior Research Investigator at Imperial College, London, where he formerly held the Chair in Statistics. He is a Fellow of the British Academy, and an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries, and has served (twice) as President of the Royal Statistical Society. He served as a non-executive director of the UK Statistics Authority for 8 years and on the EU's European Statistical Advisory Committee. He chairs the National Statistician's Expert User Advisory Committee and the ONS's Centre for Applied Data Ethics Advisory Committee. He previously Chaired the Research Board of Imperial College’s Data Science Institute and was Chair of the UK’s Administrative Data Research Network. He spent eight years as Chief Scientific Advisor to Winton Capital Management. He has published 300 scientific papers and 32 books, including Principles of Data Mining, The Wellbeing of Nations, Measurement Theory and Practice, and The Improbability Principle. His most recent books are Amy's Luck, Dark Data, From GDP to Sustainable Wellbeing, and Measurement: A Very Short Introduction. In 2002 he was awarded the Guy Medal of the Royal Statistical Society, and in 2012 he and his research group won the Credit Collections and Risk Award for Contributions to the Credit Industry. He was awarded the George Box Medal in 2016, and the Research Medal of the International Federation of Classification Societies in 2019. In 2013 he was made OBE for services to research and innovation. Abstract Measurements are so ubiquitous that we often fail to notice them: they are simply parts of the conceptual universe in which we function. However, there’s more to measurement than meets the eye, and misunderstanding measurement can lead to mistakes and even disasters. I examine just what constitutes measurement, how measures are constructed, how to interpret them, and how to use them. The talk is illustrated with measurement tools from psychology, medicine, physics, economics and other areas.   Zoom Link: https://osu.zoom.us/j/96868084160?pwd=MTVRRlBVbFNHZnhFdkVVTjRIaVNkQT09   Zoom Link Below America/New_York public

Title

Size matters: Measurement and understanding

Speaker

Professor David Hand is Emeritus Professor of Mathematics and Senior Research Investigator at Imperial College, London, where he formerly held the Chair in Statistics. He is a Fellow of the British Academy, and an Honorary Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries, and has served (twice) as President of the Royal Statistical Society. He served as a non-executive director of the UK Statistics Authority for 8 years and on the EU's European Statistical Advisory Committee. He chairs the National Statistician's Expert User Advisory Committee and the ONS's Centre for Applied Data Ethics Advisory Committee. He previously Chaired the Research Board of Imperial College’s Data Science Institute and was Chair of the UK’s Administrative Data Research Network. He spent eight years as Chief Scientific Advisor to Winton Capital Management. He has published 300 scientific papers and 32 books, including Principles of Data Mining, The Wellbeing of Nations, Measurement Theory and Practice, and The Improbability Principle. His most recent books are Amy's Luck, Dark Data, From GDP to Sustainable Wellbeing, and Measurement: A Very Short Introduction. In 2002 he was awarded the Guy Medal of the Royal Statistical Society, and in 2012 he and his research group won the Credit Collections and Risk Award for Contributions to the Credit Industry. He was awarded the George Box Medal in 2016, and the Research Medal of the International Federation of Classification Societies in 2019. In 2013 he was made OBE for services to research and innovation.

Abstract

Measurements are so ubiquitous that we often fail to notice them: they are simply parts of the conceptual universe in which we function. However, there’s more to measurement than meets the eye, and misunderstanding measurement can lead to mistakes and even disasters. I examine just what constitutes measurement, how measures are constructed, how to interpret them, and how to use them. The talk is illustrated with measurement tools from psychology, medicine, physics, economics and other areas.