Medicine and Science from The BMJ

Understanding information

Aug 28, 2013 · 15 min · 8.7 MB
0:00-15:00

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Information abounds in our burgeoning knowledge economy, but how much is useful - let alone essential? Martin Dawes from the University of British Colombia tells us about the hierachy of evidence.

Also this week, data journalist and author of Information is Beautiful, David McCandless, talks to us about the power and the pitfalls of graphically representing data.