Radical
Statistics
2012 Annual Conference & AGM
Mis-measurement of health and wealth
Friday 24 February, 2012
British Library Conference Centre
96 Euston Rd, London NW1 2DB
Presentations below; video tba; Storify story and Facebook photo album now available!
9:00 am Registration
9:20 Welcome
9:20 – 11:00 Methods in measuring health
Statistical approaches to measuring well-being since the 17th century
Roy Carr-Hill, Centre for Health Economics, University of York
Researching causes of schizophrenia’s causes: Methodological madness
Val Saunders, Independent researcher
11:00 Coffee break
11:30 – 1:00 Scientific Deception in Medicine: Is it science? Data, regulators and the official response
How to smell a rat: Examples of scientific and regulatory failure
Dr Aubrey Blumsohn, Sheffield
Hiding the bodies
David Healy, Professor of Psychiatry, Hergest Unit, Bangor, Wales
1:00 pm Lunch
2:00 – 5:20 Deception in financial figures
2:00 Pinstripe mafia: How accountancy firms destroy societies
Prem Sikka, Professor of Accounting, Essex University
Delusional economics and the economic consequences of Mr Osborne
Ann Pettifor, New Economics Foundation
3:30 Coffee break
4:00 Economic sorcery and competition in health care
See Authors' reply to Cooper Z, In defence of our research on competition in England's NHS, The Lancet 2011;378(9809):2065–2066.
Allyson Pollock, Professor of Public Health Research and Policy, Queen Mary, University of London
Credit card maxed out? How UK debt statistics have been misrepresented
Howard Reed, Director, Landman Economics
Registration
Please fill out and return the booking form.
£25 members / £35 non-members / £40 non-members including
introductory one-year membership.
Deduct £10 from each
for students or low income (self-defined). A lunch is included in registration.
Queries to admin@radstats.org.uk.
Please post and circulate an A4 flyer to friends and colleagues!
Annual General Meeting and workshop
Saturday 25 February, 2012
St Pancras Church Hall - 1st floor
Lancing Street, London NW1 2BA
(opposite East exit from Euston station)
ALL WELCOME
10:00 for 10:15 AGM
11:15 Coffee break
11:30 Workshop on future Radstats activities
12:20 Walk arrangements
12:30 Close
More than just a conference & AGM! Join us for social events:
- - CHANGE OF VENUE - Thursday night social (from
7.30 pm) at Mabel's Tavern,
2 Mabledon Place WC1H 9AZ
for food, drinks & a quiz night - bring a multiple choice question, or answer ours. - Friday evening meal (6:30 pm) at Casa Mamma, 339 Gray’s Inn Road, WC1X 8PX.
- Saturday walk (1:30 - 3:30) Further details will be available on the day, depending on weather & interests.
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Accommodation
Some suggestions of hostels, hotels & b&bs have been provided by the organisers.
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